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St. Mary's Alcohol Board fines and suspends three licensees after underage-sale cases
Summary
On Dec. 11, 2025 the Alcohol Beverage Board of St. Mary's County imposed fines and a short suspension on multiple licensees after undercover compliance checks found staff sold tobacco or alcohol to a 20-year-old confidential informant. Penalties ranged from $250 fines for a tobacco sale to a $2,500 fine and three-day suspension for repeated violations at one store.
Chairman David Willenborg and the Alcohol Beverage Board of St. Mary's County on Dec. 11 imposed monetary penalties and, in one case, a short suspension after several businesses were found to have sold tobacco or alcohol to an undercover 20-year-old confidential informant.
The board heard a tobacco-sale case for Stop and Shop (21036 Great Mills Road) in which the clerk, identified at the hearing as Roshna (Rashna) Patel, admitted the May 27, 2025 sale. Chris Beaver, the board's attorney, read the sheriff's office compliance report describing the controlled purchase, the store clerk's failure to request or examine…
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