Lang
11/27/23
Seven businesses have failed alcohol compliance checks conducted by Iowa City police.
The ICPD says it conducted alcohol sales law compliance checks on Saturday at 32 businesses licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Working with plainclothes officers, underage persons entered the businesses and attempted to illegally purchase alcoholic beverages.
Seven businesses checked by police sold to the underage buyers. The businesses that failed the compliance checks were:
- Kum & Go – 731 S. Riverside Drive
- Casey’s – 1904 Broadway St.
- Fast Break – 2580 Naples Ave.
- Urban Fuel Express – 2580 Moss Ridge Road
- Kum & Go – 955 Mormon Trek Blvd.
- Cactus 3 – 114 S. Clinton St.
- Bardot – 347 S. Gilbert St.
The employees who sold the alcohol to the underage buyers were each charged with Selling Alcohol to Persons Under Age 21, a simple misdemeanor punishable with a $645 fine plus court costs for the first offense. Additionally, all violations will be forwarded to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for possible civil penalties against the liquor license.