Fourteen Janesville stores pass underage alcohol checks
JANESVILLE — The Janesville Police Department, in coordination with Partners in Prevention of Rock County, conducted alcohol compliance checks at 17 establishments that sell alcohol in Janesville.
The checks help determine that store personnel at Class A licensed establishments are properly identifying customers to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage people.
The alcohol compliance checks were accomplished using underage volunteers who attempted to buy alcohol from the businesses. The volunteers were provided by Partners in Prevention and were under strict observation and control of police officers.
The purpose is to reduce underage drinking in the community.
Purchases were attempted at all Class A establishments licensed by the city. Of the 17 establishments, 14 requested identification and refused to sell alcohol to the supervised minors. Those establishments were:
-- Cork and Bottle Liquors, 1418 W. Memorial Drive and 2807 W. Court St.
-- Denny's Grain and Grape, 1514 E. Racine St.
-- Janesville Travel Plaza Liquor, 3222 Humes Road.
-- Lion's Quick Mart, 2619 Milton Ave.
-- Logli, 1501 Creston Park Drive.
-- Milton Avenue Beverage, 1527 Milton Ave.
-- Pick 'n Save, 1717 Center Ave.
-- Mulligan's, 3961 Milton Ave.
-- The Liquor Cabinet, 1924 E. Milwaukee St.
-- The Vineyard, 3439 Mt. Zion Ave.
-- Walmart, 3800 Deerfield Drive.
-- Woodman's, 2819 N. Lexington Drive.
-- The Vine and Vat, 1507 Center Ave.
Three establishments—Five Point Liquor, 600 W. Milwaukee St.; Julie and Ray's Liquors, 1621 W. Court St.; and Roman's Liquor, 108 Center Ave.—sold alcohol to the underage buyers.
Each clerk who sold the alcohol received a citation for $753.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 12:45 p.m.
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Please don't shut down 5 points and Romans. I need to know where NOT to go. Very scary stopping in to these places, especially 5 points.
Jun 23, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.
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Why don't we do this type of thing for all you drivers who roll through stop signs and red lights in this town!
Jun 23, 2009 at 11:51 a.m.
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I love going to Walmart for the ingredients for my dry martinis (stirred, not shaken) because they card me EVERY time.
Jun 23, 2009 at 11:48 a.m.
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I work at Walmart and I card everyone that comes through the door. Im not losing my job for some kid to go have a good time. I have a family to support. Plus some people feel its crazy to do but then some people are very flattered that we card them.
Jun 23, 2009 at 11:22 a.m.
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Can't change people, they gotta change on their own-- even if it is being fined a billion times for selling to underage people!
Jun 23, 2009 at 10:51 a.m.
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HOLY SMOKES!!! $753 dollars... Figure, the average clerk MAYBE makes $8 an hour... Thats a lot of hours for mistake. Hopefully they will learn sooner than later if they weren't caught this time
Jun 23, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.
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Well, Nice, I don't think those places are going to be selling to underage customers anytime soon. Not until they pay off the fine, anyways. Or fire the guilty parties.
Jun 23, 2009 at 7:44 a.m.
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That's good, let all the underages know where to go!!!
Jun 23, 2009 at 7:23 a.m.
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I 'll drink to that!
Jun 23, 2009 at 1:15 a.m.
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"For every can of beer that is sold to underage drinkers in this city, there is a thousand cans coming out of the home fridge and ending up in the same hands."
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I agree with you, MooShoo. Stopping underage drinking is like trying to convince everyone in the world to live peacefully with one another.
Jun 23, 2009 at 12:11 a.m.
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it seems like romans is always getting busted. you would think they would take their license away and give it to someone more responsible,same for the five points,dont know much about the other store because i think theyre relatively new. but they learned and expensive lesson today, hope that person is more careful the next time. never be afraid to ask for someones id.
Jun 22, 2009 at 10:52 p.m.
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I work at Woodman's and I had the girl they used to do the sting with. She obviously needed to be carded. She may have looked 21 but definetly not 30 which is what you're suppose to be carding for. As far as places like Wal-mart or Pick n' save carding everyone and I mean everyone what a waste of time. It's a serious ticket I know but I think after 30-40 years of work gramps is allowed a beer here and there. But if you are 30 or under just throw it up there on the counter when you come up, makes life so much easier :)
Jun 22, 2009 at 10:27 p.m.
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I went to Woodman's and got beer one day. I was not carded. I went back that same day about about 2 hours later with a friend that was younger than me. We were both cared. In fact my id was in my truck and I had to go get it before he could even leave with his beer even though I was not buying it. Yes it was 2 different checkout persons. I had no problem getting my id. I did it with a smile too as I am 40 and my friend is 33 lol.
Jun 22, 2009 at 8:26 p.m.
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Burying the lede, anyone?
Jun 22, 2009 at 7:35 p.m.
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PollyAnna--I don't think it's just Janesville's WalMart that does this...most WalMarts I have been to also require ID before continuing with purchase.
Jun 22, 2009 at 7:08 p.m.
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For every can of beer that is sold to underage drinkers in this city, there is a thousand cans coming out of the home fridge and ending up in the same hands.
Jun 22, 2009 at 6:46 p.m.
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I like that a lot of places have gone to license scanners to check birthdays. A clerk can put in any random date as someone's birthday, but now with the scanners, they actually scan the bar on the back of your license with the regular scanning gun. Good Job!
Jun 22, 2009 at 5:33 p.m.
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How much money does a clerk make?
Jun 22, 2009 at 5:15 p.m.
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The reason Wal-Mart asks everyone is that was part of the requirements that the city imposed on them when they received their license
Jun 22, 2009 at 4:47 p.m.
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Seems to be a real problem for the stores near (the) five points. Hmmm.
Jun 22, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
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finally...a GOOD story involving alcohol...
Jun 22, 2009 at 4:19 p.m.
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hw hard is it to ask for id. the fine is steep but fits the offense. bet they won't do it again.
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