There were a total of 29 locations investigated.
The Plant City Police Department Special Investigations Unit conducted an operation on Nov. 20 to ensure that local establishments were not selling alcohol to minors.
The police department used two 18 year olds for the investigation. According to the report, the teenagers were instructed to show their legal identification when asked for it and were told that they should not encourage store employees to illegally sell them alcohol.
Out of the 29 locations that were investigated, nine sold alcohol to the minors. The nine employees who sold alcohol were arrested and are required to appear in court.
The offenders include:
Puffy’s Smoke Shop on South Collins Street; Chevron on South Alexander Street; CITGO on North Plant Avenue; CITGO on West Highway 574; Strawberry Patch Lounge on East Baker Street; BP on East Alsobrook Street; Sunoco on East Baker Street; RaceTrac on Townsgate Court; and Beverage Castle on Lake Street.
In the future, the Plant City Police Department will continue to monitor businesses to ensure that all locations are checking for identification and within compliance of the law.
