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Six AC businesses sell beer to minor in sting

Posted at 8:24 pm November 25, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Anderson County Sheriff Patch

During the last two weeks, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, in cooperation with the Rocky Top Police Department, the Oliver Springs Police Department, and Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention of Anderson County, or ASAP, conducted compliance checks of local businesses who sell beer.

Investigators with the Sheriff’s Special Operations Unit and officers from the Rocky Top and Oliver Springs Police Departments visited 36 businesses to try to buy beer, a press release said. Six sold beer to the underage person. Four of the six checked for identification but still sold beer to the underage purchaser. Two businesses were closed.

The following businesses sold beer to the underage person:

Al’s Market New River Highway Briceville
Hitching Post Clinton Highway Clinton
Marathon (Fast Track) Lake City Highway Rocky Top
Smokes and Things Clinton Highway Powell
V Night Club North Main Street Rocky Top
Weigel’s Clinton Highway Powell

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Business, Clinton, Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Rocky Top, Rocky Top, Top Stories Tagged With: Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention of Anderson County, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Anderson County Underage Drinking Task Force, ASAP, beer, beer permit holder, compliance check, Oliver Springs Police Department, Rocky Top Police Department, sting, Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission, underage drinking, underage purchaser

String of beer permit hearings ends with no action against three restaurants

Posted at 12:49 pm December 14, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Lincoln's Sports Grille

The city’s beer board took no action against Lincoln’s Sports Grille on Monday, the board’s third show cause hearing of the year for the restaurant and bar on South Illinois Avenue.

The city’s beer board ended an unusual string of hearings for local restaurants and bars this year by taking no action in its last two meetings. Most of the hearings were called after establishments sold beer to a minor during a state sting in March, but a few were related to bar fights.

The final show cause hearing, held Monday, was called after a Nov. 2 fight at Lincoln’s Sports Grille on South Illinois Avenue. The fight started after a highly intoxicated North Carolina man who had refused to pay his bar bill “came after” a male acquaintance who volunteered to cover his tab, the restaurant manager and police officers said.

The previous two show cause hearings in November were for Aubrey’s and Ruby Tuesday, which both sold beer to a minor during a March 18 compliance check by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The two restaurants were among seven establishments cited for selling alcohol to a minor after that sting. The other five were Applebee’s, Hacienda DeGollado, Hidalgo, Lincoln’s, and Moose Lodge No. 1316. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Alan Massengill, alcohol, Applebee's, Aubrey's, bars, Barton Bailey, beer board, beer permit, beer permit suspensions, compliance check, Daniel Humphreys, Derrick Dalton, Hacienda DeGollado, Hidalgo, Joseph Russell Caudill, Lincoln's Sports Grille, Lincoln’s, Lisa Green, Moose Lodge No. 1316, Oak Ridge Beer Permit Board, Oak Ridge Police Department, restaurants, Ruby Tuesday, Scott Green, show cause hearings, South Illinois Avenue, sting, TABC, Tammy Dunn, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission

Three businesses avoid beer permit suspensions, five more have hearings

Posted at 10:40 am September 16, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Three Oak Ridge businesses have avoided short suspensions of their beer permits, but five more have hearings in the next two months.

The Oak Ridge Beer Permit Board had imposed the suspensions against the three businesses in three separate meetings during the past three months. Two were punished for selling beer to a minor and one over concerns that included questions about whether it was serving its customers too much alcohol.

But all three businesses have complied with the Beer Board’s orders, so they were able to avoid the suspensions, Oak Ridge Senior Staff Attorney Tammy Dunn said last week. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Applebee's Neighborhood Bar and Grill, Aubrey's, Back 2 Brewski's, beer permit, compliance check, Hacienda DeGollado, Hidalgo, Lincoln's Sports Grille, Moose Lodge, Oak Ridge Beer Permit Board, Randy Tedford, Ruby Tuesday, sale of beer to a minor, Scott Green, selling alcohol to a minor, show cause hearing, sting, suspension, TABC, Tammy Dunn, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Theresa Scott

Punished by state, Applebee’s also gets city penalty for selling alcohol to minor

Posted at 11:53 pm August 12, 2013
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Note: This story was updated at 6:40 a.m. Aug. 14.

The restaurant has already been punished by the state and lost thousands of dollars because of a five-day suspension of its liquor license after it sold beer to a minor in March, company representatives said.

Adding a municipal penalty would amount to double jeopardy for Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill, said Bobby Prince, the restaurant’s regional manager. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: alcoholic beverages, Applebee's, Applebee's Neighborhood Bar and Grill, Aubrey's, Barton Bailey, beer, Bobby Prince, Colin Colverson, compliance check, Derrick Dalton, Hacienda DeGollado, Hidalgo, Lincoln's Sports Grille, liquor, minor, Moose Lodge, Oak Ridge Beer Permit Board, penalty, Ruby Tuesday, selling alcohol to a minor, sting, suspension, TABC, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Theresa Scott

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