Employees at four local stores have been issued misdemeanor citations for furnishing alcohol to a person under 21 years of age following a decoy operation by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol and Tobacco Compliance Units on Jan. 30.
A decoy attempted to purchase alcohol or tobacco products at these 20 locations, but was refused: Tortilla Flats, Valero, Sawasdee, Soquel Quality Meat, Ugly Mug, Star of Siam, Quik Stop, Little Tampico, Michael’s on Main, and Carpos, all in Soquel; Suda, Pleasure Pizza East Side Eatery, Kaito, Zameen at the Point, 7-Eleven, El Chino, and Speedway #6183, all in unincorporated Santa Cruz; Café Rio, Aptos Parish Publick House, Moutlon’s Unocal , all in Aptos.
The Sheriff’s Office said the goal of this operation, and giving out the citations, was to limit minors’ access in the community to alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.