DECOY STING CITES 3 STORES SELLING ALCOHOL TO MINORS.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer Three businesses have been cited for selling alcohol to underage drinkers as a result of the Sheriff's Department's latest crackdown on area businesses. Employees who sold the liquor from the Rite-Aid Pharmacy on McBean Parkway in Valencia, and two Canyon Country businesses, the Canyon Market on Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road and Fox Liquor on Camp Plenty Road, on Friday night were charged with misdemeanor counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor and released, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a spokesman for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff's Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, station. The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Alcoholic Beverage Control may refer to:
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liquor licence license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something to decide whether the owners will be allowed to continue selling alcohol, sheriff's officials said. ``Mainly it's to get people to start checking identification,'' said Sgt. Richard Larue, noting that offenders can lose their liquor license and be fined if convicted. Between 6 p.m. and midnight Friday, deputies sent two 18-year-old women into the stores to attempt to purchase the alcohol without proper identification, according to a Sheriff's Department spokesperson. Police departments often send decoys into businesses after receiving tips from the public that alcohol is being sold illegally, he said. However, deputies from the Sheriff's Department conducted Friday's raid on 14 area businesses as part of its ongoing program Eliminating Alcohol Sales to Youths, which performs the sting on many businesses at once. |
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