2 Alpharetta Stores Sold Alcohol To Minors: Police

ALPHARETTA, GA -- The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said two convenience stores recently failed an undercover operation to determine if local businesses are following the law with regards to the sale of alcohol to customers age 21 or younger.

This latest random operation, which was carried out Wednesday, Aug. 16, is to ensure establishments that have a license to sell alcohol in the city are "complying with state law, county ordinances as well as our own city ordinances," the agency said on its Facebook page (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

A total of 10 businesses were checked this week:

• Chevron, 3445 Webb Bridge Road
• Chevron, 3955 Old Milton Parkway
• Shell, 6185 Windward Parkway
• BP, 5005 Windward Parkway
• Valero, 2190 Old Milton Parkway
• BP, 11425 Haynes Bridge Road
• Shell, 2005 Hembree Road
• BP, 1190 Old Roswell Road
• BP, 1630 Mansell Road
• Exxon, 1675 Alpharetta Highway

"The good news is 8 businesses refused to sale alcohol to our underage buyer," the department said. The other two, the names of which the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety declined to release, were cited for making underage sales and will have to answer to those charges in municipal court.

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