11 Store Clerks Charged In TABC Sting Op

by Kelly Dean | Mar 6, 2017

On Saturday, March 4th, The Hood County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission conducted an alcohol sting in Hood County.

Under aged minors were sent into a total of 52 alcohol-friendly establishments with their underage Texas Identification Cards or Texas Driver’s License and attempted to make an alcohol purchase.

A total of 11 Clerks fell for the ruse and sold alcohol to the minors.

10 clerks were arrested and charged with Sale of Alcohol To A Minor (Class A misdemeanor- Bond $2,500). The 11th clerk, who was 16 years old, was not arrested and will be processed as a juvenile being charged with Sale Of Alcohol To A Minor later this week.

Quote from Sheriff Roger Deeds:

“11 clerks is quite a bit, but considering my Deputies went into 52 stores, 22 percent of stores sold alcohol to minors. We hope to get that number down by doing these stings in the future.”

1 Comment

Serena on March 7, 2017 at 2:28 am

I thought the law was that a person had to be 18 in the state of Texas to work in an establishment that sells alcohol, or at least to sell the alcohol. Is this not correct?

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