8 businesses busted for selling alcohol to minors
Marietta teens looking to sample adult beverages are out of luck, thanks to the diligent efforts of local law enforcement.
Police in the Cobb hamlet conducted a sweeping “alcohol compliance check” May 16 and found eight businesses violated the law by serving underage buyers.
Unbelievably, a company that chose the name “Loco Willy’s” is among the scofflaws.
The “underage buyers” used in the sting are Boy Scouts volunteering with the Marietta Police Department’s Explorer Post, police said.
Thirsty-seven businesses asked the boys for IDs and were not cited.
Here’s the list of the businesses that sold to minors.
- Battle&Brew 279 Powers Ferry Rd. Marietta, GA 30067;
- Citgo 574 Roswell St. Marietta, GA 30060
- Jimiz Lounge 2090 Cobb Pkwy. S Smyrna, GA 30080
- Rodney’s Jamaican Soulfood 2092 Cobb Pkwy. S Marietta, GA 30060
- Taqueria Tsunami 70 S. Park Sq. Marietta, GA 30060
- Fairground Food Mart 619 N. Fairground St. Marietta, GA 30060
- Beer Barrel 1294 Roswell Rd. Marietta, GA 30060;
- Loco Willy’s 800 Whitlock Ave. Marietta, GA 30064
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140 comments Add your comment
Mike S
May 22nd, 2012
9:45 am
Is it possible that the AJC assigns an idiot to every blog in order to create more responses? Thanks for being there for us today Glenn!
Jamal Jenkums
May 22nd, 2012
9:46 am
Next week the Cobb on the job cops are going to use the BSA in a prostitution sting. It will be much more rewarding for the boys. I assume that the cops have caught all the robbers and burglars and are just bored?
mreed14
May 22nd, 2012
9:47 am
What a waste of time, those kids will look back on this and be ashamed. Congratulations scouts, you got a few people that are just scraping by fired. Wait till they are in college, MOST people drink underage.
A person SMART enough to know......
May 22nd, 2012
9:48 am
I love Europe very few countries have a drinking age but also you can walk or use public transportation to get anywhere you need to when drunk.
Glenn
May 22nd, 2012
9:50 am
Sorry but I was old enough to be able to drink at 18 but that was a time of personal responsibility . If you are 18 you shouldn’t be a boy scout you should be supporting yourself .
When I see law enforcement doing something to stop people from driving with cell phones which have been proven to be more dangerous to the roads than alcohol I will might believe that safety & not morality is the main purpose of these stings .
commoncents
May 22nd, 2012
9:54 am
mreed14-
Why would the scouts be ashamed? Is keeping underaged drunks off the road something to be embarrassed about?
87dawg
May 22nd, 2012
9:54 am
You are not a Boy Scout at 18. You can, however, be an Explorer (or Venturer), part of the Boy Scouts of America, and learn a trade as any other 18 year old does after high school.
Obamaneisha
May 22nd, 2012
9:58 am
I’m trying to conjure up a mental picture of the merit badge Scouts would get for participating in undercover alcohol stings – something like a beer keg with a big X across it perhaps.
ACE
May 22nd, 2012
9:58 am
@glenn-I’m pretty sure drunk drivers kill more people than cell phone talking drivers.
ACE
May 22nd, 2012
10:01 am
I never realized that there was so much support for underage drinking in the community.