Crime & Safety
Cops: Shorewood Man Busted in Underage Booze Buy
A Shorewood man working in a Plainfield 7-Eleven was arrested for allegedly selling alcohol to a minor during an Illinois State Police check of more than 20 businesses in the Plainfield-Shorewood-Crest Hill area.
An Shorewood man working at the in Plainfield was charged with selling alcohol to a minor during an Illinois State Police check on more than 20 businesses in the Plainfield-Shorewood-Crest Hill area.
Jitendra H. Mithapara, 38, was arrested in a Dec. 21 Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement survey conducted by Lockport-based Zone 3 officers. Also arrested was Crest Hill S.A. Liquors employee Nicholas J. Starkey, 29, of Joliet. Both were released on notices to appear.
The state police conduct periodic surveys of businesses to determine if any are selling alcoholic beverages to people under the age of 21.
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The stores checked in Shorewood were Jewel-Osco Drug, Target, American Liquor and Tobacco and Armanetti's Liquor.
The Plainfield businesses that were checked and did not sell alcohol to minors were , , , , , , , and .
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The Crest Hill businesses were CD Liquors, Phillips 66, Thorton's Gas and Food Mart, A-1 Liquor and Cigarette, and Speedway.
The survey was funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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