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Carroll County liquor board fines Gateway Liquors $400 for sale to minor, dismisses training violation
Summary
After a hearing, the Carroll County Liquor Board found Gateway Liquors culpable of selling alcohol to a minor and assessed a $400 fine; the board dismissed a separate alcohol-awareness training noncompliance charge after confirming the licensee’s certification records and name discrepancies in filings.
The Carroll County Liquor Board found Gateway Liquors (Nam and Grama LLC) culpable of selling alcohol to a minor and ordered the establishment to pay a $400 fine within 30 days, the board announced after a violation hearing in which inspectors and witnesses testified.
Inspector William Ledley told the board he sent an underage volunteer into Gateway Liquors on Aug. 20, 2025; the volunteer returned with a purchased 12-pack of Twisted Tea and ledley said the clerk “never asked to volunteer for his identification and sold him the alcohol.” Ledley added that the employee on duty at the time, Christopher Schwing, “admitted to selling the underage volunteer the alcohol” and the inspector photographed the item and filed a violation.
At the hearing the board also considered a second charge alleging…
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