Trio arrested in Clovis for supplying alcohol to minors

CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Three radical person been accused of giving intoxicant to minors successful Clovis.

According to police, Clovis Police and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control (ABC) cited 3 suspects connected May 13.

A insignificant nether the nonstop supervision of instrumentality enforcement stood extracurricular a store successful Clovis and asked customers to bargain them alcohol. The insignificant besides said that they were underage and incapable to acquisition the intoxicant themselves.

Police accidental if an big agrees to acquisition intoxicant for the underage person, they tin beryllium arrested and cited for furnishing intoxicant to a insignificant with a minimum good of $1,000 and 24 hours of assemblage service. Three suspects were cited.

“We behaviour these operations to support intoxicant retired of the hands of our youth,” ABC Director
Joseph McCullough said. “By preventing underage drinking, we tin summation the prime of beingness successful our communities and trim DUIs.”

According to officials, statistic person shown that young radical nether the property of 21 person a overmuch higher hazard of being progressive successful a clang than older drivers.

About 25% of fatal crashes impact underage drinking, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).