On 03/11/2006 between the hours of 1500 and 2300, The Alcohol Coordinator for The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office, SDFC Emory Johnson along with St. Mary's Deputy DFC Christopher Morley and a confidential informant conducted a controlled buy operation for the sale of alcoholic beverages to a person under the age of twenty one. The confidential informant with a valid Maryland drivers license clearly indicating that he was under the age of twenty one was instructed to enter the establishment pick out an alcoholic beverage and attempt to pay for it and leave. The operation was conducted at seventeen various establishments in the county.
Civil citations for providing alcoholic beverages for consumption to a person known to be under the age of twenty one were issued at the following establishments:
H. Gass Seafood in Hollywood
Jugheads Liquors in California
JC Wines and Spirits in California
Sign of the Whale in Lexington Park
Canopy Liquors in Lexington Park
Beacon Liquors in Callaway
The following establishments were also targeted but refused to sell to an under aged person:
Cooks Liquors in Hollywood
Snellmans Grocery Store
Plaza Wine and Spirits
Bay Country Liquors
ABC Liquors
Esperanza Shell
2000 Liquors
Hal's Deli
County Liquors
Leonardtown Sunoco