Employees at two St. Helena businesses were issued misdemeanor citations for selling alcohol or tobacco to minors during a sting operation on Tuesday.
Underage decoys working with the St. Helena Police Department, along with agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), made nine attempts to purchase alcohol or tobacco from seven St. Helena businesses, according to a press release from the city.
A clerk at the Speedway convenience store near Inglewood Avenue was cited for selling tobacco to a minor. An employee at Caffe Della Valle was cited for selling alcohol to a minor.
Based on violations of other laws during the purchase, the ABC will take administrative action against Caffe Della Valle’s alcoholic beverage license, according to Police Chief Chris Hartley.
However, Tim Terrell, owner of Caffe Della Valle, said he was assured by an ABC official that the restaurant will receive only a warning because the decoy lied about her age, which is not allowed during underage alcohol stings. He provided a copy of a state regulation stating that decoys "shall answer truthfully any questions about his or her age."
Terrell said the decoy was asked for identification and made four or five attempts to try to buy alcohol after first being turned down because she didn't have ID. He said the decoy falsely told the employee she'd been served alcohol before by another employee.
When asked her birthdate, the decoy told the employee she was born in 1989, Terrell said.
"(The employee) sold it to her, and 10 minutes later the officer came in and we got dinged," Terrell said.
Terrell admitted the employee made a mistake and said he'd reminded his staff not to sell alcohol to people who don't have ID.
A clerk at the Speedway referred questions to her corporate office, which hadn’t responded as of Friday to a request for comment.
Employees at the other five businesses asked for the decoys’ age and/or identification and refused to sell them alcohol or tobacco.
The St. Helena Police Department conducted the operation as part of the California Department of Justice grant for the school resource officer position. The ABC is conducting compliance checks statewide to reduce the availability of alcohol and tobacco to minors.
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Jacques LaRochelle inside the roller coaster his family built at his Carneros home.
Napa roller coaster
The Matterhorn Alpine Escape features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Napa roller coaster
The Matterhorn Alpine Escape features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Napa roller coaster
The Matterhorn Alpine Escape features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Napa Roller Coaster
The Matterhorn Alpine Escape features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Napa Roller Coaster
Jacques LaRochelle and his family built a roller coaster at his Carneros home. Called the Matterhorn Alpine Escape it features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold. This is inside the "mountain" coaster.
Napa Roller Coaster
The Matterhorn Alpine Escape features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Roller coaster
Jacques LaRochelle at the roller coaster his family built at his Carneros home. Called the Matterhorn Alpine Escape, it features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold. Skateboard wheels were used for part of the sled.
Jarold the Yeti
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The back of Jarold the animatronic Yeti.
Napa roller coaster
Jacques LaRochelle inside the roller coaster his family built at his Carneros home. Called the Matterhorn Alpine Escape, it features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Napa roller coaster
The Matterhorn Alpine Escape features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
Napa roller coaster
The control switch for the LaRochelle's Napa roller coaster.
Jacques LaRochelle
Jacques LaRochelle and his family built a roller coaster in their Napa backyard.
Napa roller coaster (vertical)
Jacques LaRochelle inside the roller coaster his family built at his Carneros home. Called the Matterhorn Alpine Escape, it features a single car, 400 feet of track, lights, sound and even a ferocious Yeti named Jarold.
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