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TRENTON
- Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Director Jerry Fischer announced that 13
people - two bartenders and eleven patrons
- were arrested last night (Oct. 23) as
a result of the Division’s College
Initiative underage drinking enforcement
program.
According
to Director Fischer, undercover detectives
assigned to ABC entered Buda Bar and Grill,
located at 234 Somerset Street, New Brunswick,
at about 10:30 p.m. ABC investigators arrested
two bartenders for selling alcohol to underage
patrons. Sara J. Walker, 20, Egg Harbor,
was arrested for selling alcohol to underage
patrons as well as consuming it herself;
and Jessica M. Laffey, 21, of North Brunswick,
was arrested for selling alcohol to underage
patrons. Buda Bar and Grill is located near
the Rutgers University Campus.
The
following patrons were also arrested at
the same bar for underage drinking: Christine
Kaminski, 19, of Middletown; Dana Cutillo,
18, of Pompton Plains; Michael Putchok,
18, of Staten Island; Danielle Guenther,
20, of Edison; Caitlin Saranczak, 19, of
Edison; and Susan Maco, 20, Nicholas LaForgia,
19, Christine Shamy, 20, and Kiwana Semambya,
19, all of Piscataway.
Director
Fischer noted that Buda Bar and Grill’s
liquor license will be reviewed by ABC for
possible administrative charges. Those charges
could result in the suspension of the bar’s
alcoholic beverage license. Charges for
selling alcohol to underage patrons are
disorderly person’s offenses, and
penalties include fines of at least $500.
Charges of underage drinking are disorderly
person’s offenses, and penalties include
fines as well as suspensions of drivers’
licenses.
Also
last night, ABC detectives arrested a 23-year-old
patron at Chili’s Grill and Bar, located
at 363 Route 18 in East Brunswick, for buying
a drink for an underage patron. Michael
Leibold, 23, of Somerville, was arrested
for buying an alcoholic beverage and providing
it to Rachel Ellner, 19, of East Brunswick.
Ellner was arrested for consuming the alcohol.
Members
of the New Brunswick Police Departments
assisted ABC in the arrests.
In
announcing the arrests, Director Fischer
noted that the Division of Alcoholic Beverage
Control has established a toll-free hotline
for citizens to report illegal activity
to ABC’s Investigative Unit. Anyone
with information on illegal activity is
encouraged to call 1-866-713-8392. All information
received via the ABC hotline will remain
confidential.
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