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Undercover Beer Sting Results In Arrests At East and South-East Memphis Businesses

Release Date: August 10, 2006

Sheriff’s Deputies and other officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad visited businesses on Park, Getwell, Highland and other nearby streets in East and South-East Memphis last night.  On Wednesday evening, August 9, 2006, Deputies and other officers visited 18 businesses, which included convenience stores, grocery stores and liquor stores.

Twelve (12) clerks were cited for selling beer to persons below the legal drinking age of 21.  Eleven (11) of the clerks were issued Misdemeanor Citations and will have to report to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Jail Annex to be booked and fingerprinted at the Records and Identification Division. One (1) clerk who had no identification or proof of residency was physically arrested and taken to jail.

Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies and other officers from the Memphis Police Department and Germantown Police Department comprise the Metro D.U.I. Squad.

So far this year, the squad has conducted 17 undercover beer stings and 231 clerks have been issued citations or arrested for selling alcohol to underage persons.

Last evening’s sting was part of an on-going effort funded by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office to stop the sale of alcohol to minors.