TAVARES, Florida—A homeless man was arrested Wednesday after he pulled a realistic-looking BB gun on lawn maintenance worker because his leaf blower was disturbing the man’s sleep.
The worker called Tavares Police around 7:30 a.m. and said he got into a confrontation with two homeless subjects, one later identified as William Ray Turner, 35. Inside Lake is not naming the second subject because he was not charged with a crime. The victim said he was working on a property on Classique Lane when Turner and the second man confronted him. He said Turner pulled a pistol from his pants and pointed at him and then ran towards U.S. Highway 441 and Mount Homer Road, according to the arrest affidavit.
TPD responded and quickly located Turner and found he had a realistic looking BB gun near him on the ground and Turner was questioned, the affidavit states.
PHOTO: Tavares Police Department
The victim told police Turner came out of his “sleeping quarters” while he was blowing leaves and lifted his shirt to show the victim he had a gun tucked into his waistband. “The Co2 BB gun that was recovered from (Turner) is a replica-like gun that identically resembles a real firearm both in appearance and weight,” a TPD detective noted in the affidavit.
The victim said Turner removed the gun from his waist, pointed at the victim and “racked a round in the chamber,” and told the victim to “stop working,” The second subject also told the victim to stop working, but did not make any threats and walked away in the opposite direction, the affidavit states.
PHOTO: Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Turner told TPD every morning the workers use blowers and near where he sleeps, and it makes him “angry.” He said he came out of his “sleeping quarters” and told them to stop. He said he never pulled the BB gun out, but the workers may have seen it in his waist, according to the affidavit.
TPD searched Turner’s bag and found two small pieces of methamphetamine in an empty cigarette pack. Turner claimed he found the bag and he believed the substance was salt.
Turner was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of methamphetamine and is being held in the Lake County Jail on $4,000 bond. This is Turner’s seventh arrest in Lake County since 2019; he has been accused of a variety of crimes, including domestic battery, criminal mischief and violating a no-contact order.
MOUNT DORA, Florida—Two employees of a local marijuana dispensary were arrested Monday after an anonymous caller tipped their employer off to ongoing thefts according to their arrest affidavits.
Hector Alexander Valle Roman, 24, and Danielle Caitlynn Eiler, also 24, were both arrested by Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives after the security manager of Curaleaf Dispensary, 4149 Britt Road, Mount Dora reported multiple thefts of “flower.” Flower is a term for marijuana in its natural bud form.
The security manager told LCSO the security manager at their Gainesville location received a call from an anonymous tipster alleging that three people at the Mount Dora location were stealing 1 to 3 pounds of “flower” each night and posting photos on SnapChat. The tipster later said Roman, who worked as a lead and Eiler, a supervisor, would fill a machine and then say it was clogged, so they would empty it. Roman and Eiler both worked night shift, along with a third employee who was in on the scheme. That employee is not named in either affidavit.
Danielle Eiler, left, and Hector Roman, right. PHOTOS” Lake County Sheriff’s Office
The security manager reviewed surveillance and found that on Nov. 24. 2021, Eiler, of Tavares, filled three bags with “flower” and then took them to the manager’s office; five days later she filled seven bags with an unnamed coworker and took those bags into the office and on Dec. 1, 2021, the pair filled two bags and took them into the office concealed under paper.
On Feb. 14, 2022, Roman, of Orlando, and Eiler filled a total of 11 bags with “flower” on three separate occasions and took them to the office and 18 bags on the following day. The duo stole eight more bags that week, according to the affidavit. On Feb. 24, security installed a camera in the manager’s office that Eiler ultimately discovered, and the thefts ceased.
In total, Eiler, who was employed with Curaleaf for more than two years, stole 49 bags of “flower” weighing almost 11 pounds and worth nearly $50,000, the affidavit states. Eiler was questioned and admitted stealing about 50 bags of “flower.” She said she would sell it to her friend “Jose” who lives in Orlando for $100 an ounce and she would give Roman a cut. Roman was taken into custody and refused to answer questions, according to the affidavit.
Both Eiler and Roman were arrested for grand theft and transported to the Lake County Jail, where they were released on $5,000 bond.
TAVARES, Florida—A man wanted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was picked up on a federal warrant at a Tavares motel Thursday night.
Timothy Eric “Tater” Evans, 40, was apprehended near La Bella Inn, 101 West Burleigh Boulevard, and multiple agencies assisted around 9 p.m. Thursday. Several witnesses, who asked not to be identified by Inside Lake, said they heard flash bangs and saw a heavy law enforcement presence.
“I heard a huge bang and then I heard a megaphone, but I couldn’t make out the words,” said a witness who lives nearby.
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“We assisted ATF, FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) and Mount Dora Police Department in the apprehension of Timothy Evans on an active federal warrant,” TPD Public Information Officer Courtney Sullivan told Inside Lake. TPD also transported Evans to the Lake County Jail, according to a report.
According to an MDPD report, officers from that agency assisted with blocking eastbound traffic on U.S. Highway 441 near the motel and Evans and another male were ordered out of the vehicle they were in and taken into custody without incident. The vehicle was then towed to MDPD for secure storage.
Very limited information is available, due to a sealed indictment from ATF, but according to LCJ online records, where Evans was first held, he is facing a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition affecting commerce by a convicted felon. He was held at LCJ for a little over eight hours and it is unclear where he is being held now.
The large law enforcement presence in this normally quiet area, located just a few blocks from Lake County Schools district offices, garnered numerous social media posts Thursday night.
Multiple sources, as far back as November 2021, have told Inside Lake Evans is suspected of committing a high-profile crime in the area and more charges may be forthcoming.
EUSTIS, Florida—A 14-year-old has now been arrested for his involvement in one of a series of gang-related shootings in recent months.
Kristine Moriel Morris, of Eustis, was picked up Monday on charges related to a drive-by shooting on Feb. 7 in the 1200 block of East Hazzard Avenue. Artavious “Kutt” Williams, 16, and Robert “Swag” Sharp, 16, were arrested last month and more arrests may be forthcoming.
Eustis Police responded to the scene in February and found a bullet hit a home and a tree, along with four shell casings in the roadway, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Police spoke to witnesses and found that two cars pulled up to children playing basketball near the shooting and asked where someone was by their nickname, “Cherry Lake.” “Cherry Lake” is a known gang member, affiliated with the “510 Gang.” Inside Lake is not naming “Cherry Lake” by his real name, because he has not been charged with a crime. The males then got back into one of the vehicles and another witness described the same vehicle driving by her apartment and firing shots.
The “4wayy” gang has been investigated for several shootings dating back to November 2020, according to Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri. Police believe there is a rivalry between “510 Gang” that is comprised of mostly juveniles who live in or grew up in Eustis, and “4wayy” that is comprised of mostly juveniles who live in or grew up in Mount Dora. Police are still investigating the motive behind the rivalry.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Dora Police Department and Tavares Police Department have all been working with EPD, Capri told Inside Lake. Capri’s own officers have been working hard to talk to witnesses and gather evidence to make arrests.
“I am very proud of the men and women of Eustis Police Department and the work they have put in on these cases,” Capri said last month.
This rivalry began more than a year ago and there have been 15 to 20 shootings reported to law enforcement involving these two gangs in a little over a year, and police believe there are more that have been unreported, Capri said. Most were drive-by shootings where no one was injured. The home on Hazzard Avenue has been shot at, at least four times in the last few months.
Though it is believed to have begun earlier in November 2020, on Nov. 27, 2020, a woman, who was not the target, was hit by one of three shots fired in downtown Eustis following the city’s annual “Light Up Eustis” festivities. This reporter was the only media on scene following that incident. Brycen Jacobe Williams, then 17, was arrested less than two months later for the shooting.
In this most recent shooting on Feb. 7, a tipster showed police a Snapchat story posted by Williams that showed EPD cars on the scene with the caption, “Ain’t Nomoee Who Dat, We Shoot Dat.”
Gang members from both sides have utilized social media to get “street credit,” and videos and photos were discovered showing the car, a white Dodge Dart, suspected in the Feb. 7 shooting near the shooting location. The photos and videos were recorded just six minutes before the shots were fired.
Editor’s note: Although Brycen Williams, who was arrested for the Light Up Eustis shooting, and Artavious Williams are both said to be gang members and have the same last name, they are not related according to EPD.
Police also believe the shooting at Sunset Island Park on Jan. 22 involves some “4wayy” members, but the shooting was random, Capri told Inside Lake. Thomas Saliba, 17, was shot in the face during a 3-year-old’s birthday party, but was not targeted, Capri said. It is believed that the individuals involved in that shooting just randomly decided to shoot up a park, he said. One person has been arrested in that case.
TAVARES, Florida—A Windermere man who lived in Clermont in October turned himself in at the Lake County Jail Thursday on a warrant for two counts possession child pornography.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Timothy Ray Holmes, 37, messaged a Walton County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) detective who was acting as an underage decoy on the app, Whisper on Oct. 14. Holmes asked the detective for a photo, and she sent him a photo of an employee who was 14 or 15 years old at the time the photo was taken and told Holmes she was 13. Holmes advised he was 37.
Timothy Holmes PHOTO: Lake County Sheriff’s Office
The conversation continued through Oct. 26 and Holmes identified himself to be a 37-year-old military veteran named Tim; he sent who he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, six unsolicited photos of his penis and asked for sexual photos of the girl. The WCSO detective subpoenaed subscriber information for the IP address used to message the detective and found it belonged to Holmes at his apartment on Town Center Boulevard.
A Lake County judge granted a search warrant on Feb. 14 for Holmes’ apartment and on Feb 16, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent contacted Holmes and met him in the parking lot of his apartment complex, the affidavit states.
Holmes admitted using the Whisper app to communicate with who he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, admitted sending photos of his penis and asking the girl to take sexual photos of herself.
Holmes said the situation was a “lapse in judgment, stupid on his part” and “just conversations and he never met the decoy in person. Holmes handed over his phone and spontaneously told agents they would find photos of a 10-year-old girl in the Anon Chat app. Agents found a sexually explicit photo of a young girl and ended the preview of the device so they could obtain a search warrant for the phone, according to the affidavit. An additional photo was found after a forensic search of the phone.
A Warrant was issued for Holmes’ arrest Wednesday, and he turned himself into the Lake County Jail Thursday, where he was released on $4,000 bond.
SORRENTO, Florida—A burglary suspect who was being chased by the homeowner he attempted to steal an ATV from, dropped his phone and ran right out of his slides last week; and the found phone led to the capture of both him and his partner in crime, according to an arrest affidavit.
Before daylight Thursday, a Sorrento resident observed a male, later identified as Tyler Ray Trapp, 22, enter her back porch and take an ATV. The woman woke her husband, who went outside and confronted Trapp.
As Trapp attempted to leave the property, the male victim yelled and Trapp took off on foot, running out of his white Nike slides and dropping his phone, according to the affidavit.
The victims turned the phone and slides over to Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a detective took over the case. After obtaining a search warrant for the phone and looking through it, the detective determined the phone belonged to Trapp—the phone was logged into all his social media accounts, a T-Mobile account was registered to Trapp, text messages referred to him by name and he found a text conversation between Trapp and Jeremy Bradford Williams, 41, discussing the planned theft of the ATV.
That text conversation contained several statements, including: “I have a gig where we can get an ATV and a dump trailer; how are we going to get the trailer and the ATV out of the area; lets just get the ATV tonight because my friend won’t let me borrow the wrecker for the trailer; do we need bolt cutters; will we need a key for the ATV; are you sure there are no cameras at this house; where will you be waiting to pick me up in case something goes wrong.”
A neighbor of the victims who own the ATV had a dump trailer in their driveway, the detective noted in the affidavit.
After gathering evidence from the dropped phone, the detective began surveilling Williams’ residence less than 24 hours after the attempted burglary of the ATV. A red truck pulled up to the residence and LCSO spoke to a man who was there to buy tools he had already partially paid for. He was released and shortly after Trapp and Williams pulled up and were detained. Williams was “misleading” during the interview and would not give his “full involvement” in the burglary, the detective noted. Trapp, however, was more forthcoming. He admitted to the burglary of the ATV and told LCSO there were several stolen items on Williams’ property, including the tools the man came to buy earlier. Those were stolen from Home Depot, according to the affidavit. He also said they stole items from Tractor Supply Co.
Williams gave consent to search his property and the stolen items were located and taken into evidence. The car the pair were in was registered to a couple in Missouri and Williams originally said it belonged to his wife. He later recanted that statement and said he did not know who it belonged to. Trapp said Williams obtained the car, but he thinks it might be stolen and just not reported yet. Trapp also said Williams is involved in drug activity and there may be drugs in the car.
LCSO searched the car before it was towed away, and a black box was found in the car that contained Xanax, fentanyl and 66 grams of methamphetamine. Williams also had $1,600 cash.
Trapp and Williams were both arrested for burglary, grand theft, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and dealing in stolen property. Williams is facing additional charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of fentanyl, possession of Xanax and possession drug paraphernalia.
Trapp was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he is being held on $40,000 bond. Williams is being held at LCJ on $56,5000 bond.
Trapp was arrested earlier this month for burglary and possession of burglary tools after Tavares Police caught him in the garden center of Ace Hardware, 509 South Duncan Drive, shortly before 3 a.m. Feb. 12. He was released on $7,000 bond in that case and that case is still pending.
TAVARES, Florida—A Eustis man who was driving under the influence took out a $50,000 electrical box for a traffic light, crashed through a guardrail, fled the scene, and had someone coming to pick him up at the next intersection when Eustis Police caught up with him, according to an arrest affidavit.
Shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, Tavares Police responded to the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and David Walker Drive on a report of a crash and later met with Eustis Police who had the vehicle responsible for the crash stopped at the next intersection near Sonny’s BBQ, according to an arrest affidavit.
An EPD officer told the TPD officer she believed the driver, Sean Donegal Pearce, 25, was under the influence due to his glassy bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and slow movements. The TPD officer could smell alcohol on Pearce as she spoke to him, she noted in the affidavit.
Sean Pearce PHOTO: Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Pearce openly admitted he had been drinking and told police he is not a frequent drinker. He agreed to perform field sobriety exercises and struggled with completing them and was arrested for DUI and taken into custody. He was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he provided two breath samples that registered at .13 and .12, well over the legal limit. Pearce was released from LCJ on $2,500 bond. He was also ticketed for leaving the scene of a crash with property damage.
TAVARES, Florida—Tavares Police Department has released the names of the four restaurant employees accused of serving minors Friday night.
TPD utilized three confidential informants for its undercover operation and each one used their actual state issued identification, TPD Public Information Officer Courtney Sullivan told Inside Lake. No fake IDs were used in the operation. One informant is 20 and will not turn 21 until close to the end of 2022 and the other two informants are under 18, according to a report.
Around 7:30 p.m., the informants went to Dog House, 201 West Ruby Street and sat at the bar. The 20-year-old informant ordered a vodka and tonic and was asked for identification. The informant produced the identification that stated she was 20 years old and Kayla Maznaritz, 29, of Tavares “looked at her ID for a very long time and eventually asked if she was 21,” the report states. The informant said she was 21 and Maznaritz gave her identification back and served the vodka and tonic. The other two teenagers were asked for identification and said they forgot it. They were not served.
Maznaritz was removed from the restaurant and issued a misdemeanor citation that requires an appearance in court. Maznaritz told TPD she had her manager look at the identification and the manager confirmed the informant was 21, but the informant said Maznaritz was the only one who looked at it.
At 8:40 p.m. all three informants entered Puddle Jumpers, 111 West Ruby Street and sat at a table. The 20-year-old ordered a vodka and tonic and the teenagers each ordered a beer. Dorothy Fox, 49, of Tavares looked at each of their IDs, complimented their photos and handed them back. All three minors were served, and each identification had a large red box with yellow lettering stating when the individual would turn 21.
Around 9 p.m., the trio went to Tiki West, 118 West Ruby Street and sat at the “oyster bar,” according to a report. The 20-year-old informant ordered a vodka and tonic and was asked for identification. The informant produced it and was served by Gabriella Shelton, 29, of Tavares. The second informant produced identification and was not served, and neither was the third informant who said they did not have their identification, the report states.
At 9:15 the trio went to the last restaurant that would serve them Friday night, Buster Tubbs, 110 South New Hampshire Avenue. They sat at a table and ordered a vodka and tonic and beers, according to the report. Server Gerri Roos, 49, of DeLand, asked for their identification because her boss “was around” but she “really don’t care,” the report states. She glanced at two of the identifications and did not look at the third, according to the report.
Fox, Shelton and Roos were all issued misdemeanor citations, along with Maznaritz and TPD turned over its findings to to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the agency charged with issuing liquor licenses and regulating alcoholic beverage laws, TPD Lt. Sarah Coursey told Inside Lake Friday.
TPD has seen an uptick in minor crimes committed by juveniles lately and stopped a minor walking downtown with a beer earlier this month. “We were informed there were some issues downtown, so we acted quickly to try to prevent further problems like fights, DUIs and disturbances,” Coursey said.
The informants attempted to buy alcohol at four other establishments Friday night. Hemingway’s Wine Beer and Cigar Bar, 126 West Ruby Street; Kalua Beach Bar, 181 South Joanna Avenue, O’Keefe’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 115 S. Rockingham Avenue and Ruby Street Grille, 221 East Ruby Street all denied the minors.
EUSTIS, Florida—Tavares Police arrested a teenager last week on a juvenile pickup order for shooting at an apartment with children inside earlier this month while another group of children played basketball just 350 feet away, and Eustis Police say it is just one shooting in a string of violent encounters between two rival gangs that has lasted for more than a year.
Shortly before 6 p.m. Feb. 7, EPD responded to a drive-by shooting in the 1200 block of East Hazzard Avenue, and found a bullet hit a home and a tree, along with four shell casings in the roadway, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Police spoke to witnesses and found that two cars pulled up to the children playing basketball and asked where someone was by their nickname, “Cherry Lake.” “Cherry Lake” is a known gang member, affiliated with the “510 Gang.” Inside Lake is not naming “Cherry Lake” by his real name, because he has not been charged with a crime. The males then got back into one of the vehicles and left; another witness described the same vehicle driving by her apartment and firing shots.
The “4wayy” gang has been investigated for several shootings dating back to November 2020, according to Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri. Police believe there is a rivalry between “510 Gang” that is comprised of mostly juveniles who live in or grew up in Eustis, and “4wayy” that is comprised of mostly juveniles who live in or grew up in Mount Dora. Police are still investigating the motive behind the rivalry; they have received information that it started over stolen guns, a female, drugs, and trash talking, according to an EPD detective working the case.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Dora Police Department and Tavares Police Department have all been working together, gathering intelligence and trading information, Capri told Inside Lake. Capri’s own officers have been working hard to talk to witnesses and gather evidence to make arrests.
“I am very proud of the men and women of Eustis Police Department and the work they have put in on these cases,” Capri said.
This rivalry began more than a year ago and there have been 15 to 20 shootings reported to law enforcement involving these two gangs in a little over a year, and police believe there are more that have been unreported, Capri said, and most were drive-by shootings where no one was injured. The home on Hazzard Avenue has been shot at, at least four times in the last few months, an EPD detective close to the investigation said. Police are still working to figure out exactly what started it, Capri said. Though it is believed to have begun earlier in November 2020, on Nov. 27, 2020, a woman, who was an innocent bystander, was shot in downtown Eustis following the city’s annual “Light Up Eustis” festivities. She was standing in the brick area near Wells Fargo Advisors and Sol De Mexico when she was hit by one of the three shots fired. This reporter was the only media on scene following that incident. Brycen Jacobe Williams, then 17, was arrested less than two months later for the shooting.
In this most recent shooting on Feb. 7, a tipster showed police a Snapchat story posted by Williams that showed EPD cars on the scene with the caption, “Ain’t Nomoee Who Dat, We Shoot Dat.”
Gang members from both sides have utilized social media to brag and get “street credit,” the detective told Inside Lake. Videos and photos were discovered on social media showing the car suspected in the Feb. 7 shooting near the shooting location on the same date. In those videos, a white Dodge Dart, the car suspected in the shooting, can be seen in the photos and videos, according to the affidavit. The photos and videos were recorded just six minutes before the shots were fired.
Eustis Police investigate a shooting at Sunset Island Park on Jan. 22. A 17-year-old boy was shot in what police believe was a random attack. Police are investigating multiple shootings that are due to a gang rivalry. PHOTO: Inside Lake
EPD, LCSO, MDPD and LCSO stepped up patrols in response to this shooting and the following day, Feb. 8, a white Dodge Dart was spotted speeding less than a half of a mile from the shooting scene on Hazzard Avenue around 10:45 p.m. And EPD officer attempted to pull the Dodge over and it fled several blocks. The car suddenly pulled over and at least one passenger bailed out of the car and fled on foot.
The driver, Joseph Antwon Baker, 21, of Tavares was taken into custody and searched. Police found a small bag of marijuana, his wallet, $20, a scale and a Vienna sausage, according to the arrest affidavit. Baker told EPD there were two people in his vehicle who fled from the scene. Baker said once EPD got behind the car, the front seat passenger, Artavious “Kutt” Williams, 16, put a gun to his head and said, “If you stop, I’m going to kill you.”
Editor’s note: Although Brycen Williams, who was arrested for the Light Up Eustis shooting, and Artavious Williams are both said to be gang members and have the same last name, they are not related according to EPD.
Baker was arrested for feeling and eluding, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held in the Lake County Jail on $7,000 bond.
Baker told police Robert “Swag” Sharp Jr. texted him on Feb. 7 to play basketball. He picked Sharp up, and they played at Carver Pak in Eustis and then went home. He denied any shots were fired from his car; however, Baker did identify Sharp from a photo on social media and confirmed Sharp was standing in front of Baker’s Dodge Dart in the photo.
On Feb. 9, in a second interview, Baker admitted he was driving and Williams aka “Kutt” was in the passenger seat while Sharp was in the back. Baker said Williams stood outside the window and fired shots at the apartment of Hazzard Avenue. Two other individuals were also in the backseat, according to Baker, but Inside Lake is not naming them because they have not been charged with a crime at this time.
Williams and Sharp have both been arrested for the Feb. 7 shooting, according to EPD. TPD picked up Sharp and it is unclear when Williams was picked up. They are facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, improper exhibition of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a minor.
Police also believe the shooting at Sunset Island Park on Jan. 22 involves some “4wayy” members, but the shooting was random, Capri told Inside Lake. Thomas Saliba, 17, was shot in the face during a 3-year-old’s birthday party, but was not targeted, Capri said. It is believed that the individuals involved in that shooting just randomly decided to shoot up a park, he said. One person has been arrested in that case.
LCSO, EPD, MDPD and TPD are continuing to work together, and more arrests are forthcoming, Capri said.
TAVARES, Florida—In an effort to deter a small uptick in minor juvenile crimes downtown, Tavares Police Department performed underage alcohol buys Friday and four of the eight establishments they tried to buy from sold alcohol to minors, according to TPD Lt. Sarah Coursey.
“We were informed there were some issues downtown, so we acted quickly to try to prevent further problems like fights, DUIs and disturbances,” Coursey told Inside Lake. “One of our officers stopped a minor walking downtown with a beer just a few days ago.”
Buster Tubbs, 110 South New Hampshire Avenue, Puddle Jumpers Lakeside Grill & Bar, 111 West Ruby Street; Tavares Dog House, 201 West Ruby Street and Tiki West Raw Bar and Grill all sold alcohol to minors, according to Coursey.
“The buyers showed their IDs at all of the establishments. Some served regardless and others didn’t bother checking,” Coursey said.
Hemingway’s Wine Beer and Cigar Bar, 126 West Ruby Street; Kalua Beach Bar, 181 South Joanna Avenue, O’Keefe’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 115 S. Rockingham Avenue and Ruby Street Grille, 221 East Ruby Street all denied the minors.
Employees who sold to the minors were given a misdemeanor citation that requires an appearance in court and TPD will be sending its findings to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the agency charged with issuing liquor licenses and regulating alcoholic beverage laws, Coursey said.
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