Alcohol and Tobacco Underage Sales Check in St. Mary's

[Editor]

During the months of November and December 2017, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office conducted several Tobacco Compliance Checks. During this operation, an underage confidential informant, (CI), entered the businesses and attempted to purchase tobacco products.

Tobacco Compliance Checks were conducted at thirty-five establishments; the following establishments passed their compliance checks:

A&B Liquors
Abell's Tavern
Big Dogs Paradise
Burchmart-Mechanicsville
Cooks Liquor- Park Hall
Dash In-Mechanicsville
DJ's One Stop
Dollar General- Charlotte Hall
Dollar General- Lexington Park
Dollar General- Mechanicsville
Dollar General- Ridge
Family Dollar- Charlotte Hall
Family Dollar- Lexington Park
Food Lion- Charlotte Hall
Fred's Liquors
Heavy Hitters
Hermanville C Store
Lighthouse Liquors
Mckay's- Charlotte Hall
New Market Citgo
Race-N-Inn
Rite Aid-Lexington Park
Rite Aid- Mechanicsville
St. Inigoes General Market
St. James Deli
Sheetz- Great Mills
7-11 Charlotte Hall
2000 Liquors
Village Liquors
Wawa- Charlotte Hall
Wawa- Mechanicsville
Weis Market

Three establishments were found to be non-compliant; civil citations were issued to the employees selling the tobacco products at the time of the incident.

Ridge Market
7-11 Mechanicsville
Vino 2- Charlotte Hall

 

[Editor]

Alcohol Compliance Checks

On December 22, 2017, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office conducted alcohol compliance checks countywide. During this operation an underage confidential informant, (CI), entered the businesses and attempted to purchase alcoholic beverages.

Alcohol compliance checks were conducted on twenty licensed alcohol retailers; the following retailers passed their compliance checks:

ABC Liquors
California Fine Wine & Spirits
Canopy Liquors
Cooks Liquor- Hollywood
Corner Liquors
DJ’s One Stop
Jug Heads Liquors
Korner Carryout
Leonardtown Sunoco
Lighthouse Liquors
McKay’s Charlotte Hall
McKay’s Leoanrdtown
New Market Citgo
Oceanic Gas Station
Race-N-Inn
Stop-N-Shop- Great Mills
2000 Liquors
Village’s Liquors
Vino 2

One retailer was found to be non-compliant:

A&B Liquor-Mechanicsville- The clerk who sold alcohol to the informant was cited for selling alcohol to an underage individual and the business name has been forwarded to the St. Mary’s County Alcohol Board for review and disposition.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

During the months of November and December 2017, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office conducted several Tobacco Compliance Checks. During this operation, an underage confidential informant, (CI), entered the businesses and attempted to purchase tobacco products.

Tobacco Compliance Checks were conducted at thirty-five establishments; the following establishments passed their compliance checks:

A&B Liquors
Abell's Tavern
Big Dogs Paradise
Burchmart-Mechanicsville
Cooks Liquor- Park Hall
Dash In-Mechanicsville
DJ's One Stop
Dollar General- Charlotte Hall
Dollar General- Lexington Park
Dollar General- Mechanicsville
Dollar General- Ridge
Family Dollar- Charlotte Hall
Family Dollar- Lexington Park
Food Lion- Charlotte Hall
Fred's Liquors
Heavy Hitters
Hermanville C Store
Lighthouse Liquors
Mckay's- Charlotte Hall
New Market Citgo
Race-N-Inn
Rite Aid-Lexington Park
Rite Aid- Mechanicsville
St. Inigoes General Market
St. James Deli
Sheetz- Great Mills
7-11 Charlotte Hall
2000 Liquors
Village Liquors
Wawa- Charlotte Hall
Wawa- Mechanicsville
Weis Market

Three establishments were found to be non-compliant; civil citations were issued to the employees selling the tobacco products at the time of the incident.

Ridge Market
7-11 Mechanicsville
Vino 2- Charlotte Hall

It would be nice if there was just as good an effort to put restaurants on public display for those that pass "AND" those that fail. Although its public information, we still have yet to see it. Probably never will.

 

[BernieP]

It would be nice if there was just as good an effort to put restaurants on public display for those that pass "AND" those that fail. Although its public information, we still have yet to see it. Probably never will.

My thought is that they don't see the problem with restaurants because it's reinforced to the server to "check IDs" and they have a manager on-site to back them up (as well as the bartender).
Most of these establishments have just the clerk on duty. The owner/manager probably told them to check IDs but sometimes they forget and sometimes they get fooled.