After hours of testimony, board finds no sale-to-intoxicated-person violation at 2,000 Liquors

The St. Mary’s County Alcohol Beverage Board on Aug. 14, 2014 concluded a contested violation hearing about an April 23 incident at 2,000 Liquors, finding the licensee not proven to have sold alcohol to a visibly intoxicated person.

The hearing centered on testimony from St. Mary’s County deputies and other law‑enforcement witnesses who described contacts that day with Joanne Dimuzio at Nicollet Park and later at Lancaster Park. Deputy Timothy Snyder told the board he first found Dimuzio “about 12:30 … off the path, into the wood line” and described her as unable to walk without help, with “bloodshot eyes, slurred speech” and a “pungent smell of beer.” Snyder said he later observed Dimuzio enter 2,000 Liquors with another person and leave carrying a wet black bag that “you could tell it was a 6 pack.”

Corporal James Stone and DFC (Deputy First Class) Beishline also testified they found open and partly consumed cans in a wood line at Lancaster Park after following the pair. Beishline…