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Alcohol board fines two licensees after sheriff's underage tobacco compliance checks
Summary
The Alcoholic Beverage Board of Saint Mary's County fined Toasted Foot Lounge and Leonardtown Wine and Spirits after sheriff's investigators say clerks sold tobacco products to a 19-year-old confidential informant during January compliance checks; both clerks later pleaded guilty in district court.
The Alcoholic Beverage Board of Saint Mary's County on June 12 fined two businesses after sheriff's office undercover checks found tobacco sales to a 19-year-old confidential informant.
According to testimony read into the record, on Jan. 21, 2025, a sheriff's confidential informant accompanied by Sergeant Robert Merritt entered the Toasted Foot Lounge in Callaway at about 4:24 p.m. and purchased a cigar without showing identification. Board counsel read that the store clerk, identified in court as Hannah Louise Carlin, admitted she did not confirm the customer's age. Carlin later pleaded guilty in St. Mary's County District Court on March 13, 2025,…
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