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Alcoholic Beverage Board fines three licensees after underage-tobacco compliance checks
Summary
The Alcoholic Beverage Board of Saint Mary's County imposed $150 administrative fines on three licensees after sheriff's office compliance checks found clerks sold tobacco to a 20-year-old confidential informant; clerks pled guilty in District Court and received court fines ranging from $55 to $105.
The Alcoholic Beverage Board of Saint Mary's County on April 9 imposed $150 administrative fines on three licensed businesses after sheriff's office compliance checks found clerks had sold tobacco to a 20-year-old confidential informant.
Abhin Chandr Patel, the licensee for California Wine and Spirits, told the board that "my employee sold it to a minor" and that the clerk "was still thinking the tobacco age is still 18." The board heard that on Dec. 17, 2025 a 20-year-old confidential informant entered the store and was sold a pack of cigarettes without being asked for identification; the clerk, identified in the report as Samuel Elliott Fahey, later pled guilty in…
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