Livingston County Alcohol Compliance Investigation Shows Majority In Compliance

A weekend alcohol sales compliance check operation in Livingston County showed a majority of the businesses checked were following the law and correctly preventing alcohol from being sold to minors.

The operation took place on Friday, January 27 with officers from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and Midland Empire Alcohol Task Force (MEATF) working with an 18-year-old female to check area businesses for compliance on serving/selling or supplying alcohol beverage(s) to minors.

The minor was provided with the funds to purchase alcoholic beverage and monitored entering area establishments with her proper Missouri identification card. Officers checked 14 locations in Chillicothe and Livingston County with only one violation.

An employee of a business in the 300 block of Park Lane in Chillicothe actually checked the underage person’s identification but then supplied the alcoholic beverage. Deputies made contact with that employee, who officials say had obviously miscalculated the minor’s age, and issued a citation for the alleged supply of intoxicants to a minor.