6 Enfield Businesses Sold Liquor to Minors: PD

ENFIELD, CT — Six of 23 businesses who underwent unannounced liquor compliance checks Friday evening were found in violation by selling alcoholic beverages to minors.

The Department of Consumer Protection Liquor Control Division and the Enfield Police Department conducted checks at package stores and supermarkets, testing for compliance with assistance from two volunteer minors who had been trained by the Governor’s Prevention Partnership.

It is alleged that these six businesses sold alcoholic beverages to the minors:

• Lil' Buddy's Mini Mart, 284 North Maple Street
• Enfield Discount Wines & Liquors, 95 Elm Street
• Caronna's Package Store, 15 Pearl Street
• The Jug Shop, 80 Hazard Avenue
• Enfield Convenience Store, 136 South Road
• Southwood Acres Package Store, 83 Raffia Road

Routine compliance checks help the department to identify businesses that knowingly or unknowingly sell alcohol to minors and bring them into compliance with state law. However, compliance checks are not intended to hurt local businesses, police said in a written statement.

The businesses that allegedly sold to a minor will appear before the Liquor Control Commission for an administrative hearing, at which time they will have an opportunity to address the charges, police said.

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