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(CANTON) – Agents with the Ohio
Investigative Unit joined the Columbiana County Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention
Team during alcohol compliance checks on July 29. During the checks, 15 liquor permit
premises were checked and 11 sold alcohol to a minor.
The
liquor permits were administratively charged with sale and furnishing beer
to a person under 21 years of age. Those East Liverpool area locations who sold
to a minor include:
- A 1 Beverages Inc., also known as A 1 Bar, 1120
Pennsylvania Ave.
- Richard E. Bissell II, also known as Gina’s Drive Thru,
1147 Pennsylvania Ave.
- Sharon L. Gilkinson, also known as Gilkinson’s Short Stop,
1216 Avondale St.
- Columbiana Foods Inc., also known as Giant Eagle 645, 619
Bradshaw Ave.
- Kristopher F. Rayl, also known as Rayl’s Market, 246 West
Fourth St.
- Muth Cox 2 Inc., also known as Dresden Drive Thru, 1068
Dresden Ave.
- Smith Oil Co. Inc., 3232 St. Clair Ave.
- 2630 St. Clair LLC, 2630 St. Clair Ave.
- Ronald A. Volino, also known as 170 Drive Thru, 16028 State
Route 170
- KC F & G Inc., also known as Glenmoor Marathon, 46638 Y
and O Road
- KOE Inc., also known as Glenmoor Superette, 46564 Y and O
Road
In
addition to the administrative charges, local law enforcement charged an
employee from each location with sale and/or furnishing beer to a person under
21.
The
employees will be summonsed to appear in East Liverpool Municipal Court at a
later date. If convicted, they could face a maximum of six months in jail and a
$1,000 fine for each count. The administrative cases will be presented to the
Ohio Liquor Control Commission at a later date. Possible administrative
penalties include fines, suspensions or revocation of the liquor permit.
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