Crime & Safety

What Niles Businesses Have Been Cited For Selling Alcohol Or Tobacco To Minors?

Here are the records of every clerk cited for providing underaged customers with tobacco or alcohol in Niles during 2017.

NILES, IL — Last month, the Niles Police Department released the results of a series of sting operations targeting local businesses that sold tobacco to underage patrons. Under police supervision, a minor purchased tobacco products from at least five locations on July 15 and 16.

Niles police declined to provide the names of the businesses, so Patch filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained the names and locations of every citation for selling alcohol and tobacco to minors in the Village of Niles in 2017. Fines assessed for the violations are generally $100. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Niles — or your community. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

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The following citations for issues for selling cigarettes and other tobacco products to underage customers:

  • Wasan Oushana, Shell, 5900 W. Touhy Ave., April 9
  • Sabri Shehade, Dollar Plus 4, 9086 W. Golf Rd., April 14
  • Stella Kim, Assi Plaza, 8901 N. Milwaukee Ave., May 28
  • Sabri Shehade, Dollar Plus 4, 9086 W. Golf Rd., July 15
  • Nina Gizatulina, Smoke & Vape, 8526 W. Golf Road, July 15
  • Vipul Parekh, Shell, 9002 N. Milwaukee Ave., July 15
  • Syed Gaillani, 7-Eleven/Mobil, 8575 W. Dempster St., July 16

One citation was issued for furnishing liquor to an underage patron:

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  • Ja Hun Koo, KP Billiards, 7946 Waukegan Rd., March 11

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