Ames Police Blotter: Employees at Campustown Bars Charged with Serving to Intoxicated People

Employees at nine of 16 bars in Ames served alcohol to an intoxicated person, according to a press release from the Ames Police Department.

The Ames Police Department's Safe Neighborhoods Team checked Campustown area bars Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 to see if employees at the establishments would serve alcohol to intoxicated people.

Nine employees were cited with selling alcohol to an intoxicated person, a simple misdemeanor, in the sting:

James Crawford, 22, at Charlie Yokes, 2428 Lincoln Way

Fadi Nijem, 39, at Café Mood, 116 Welch Avenue

Lance Borton, 22, at Sips, 126 Welch Avenue

Richard Van, 23, at Cy’s Roost, 121 Welch Avenue

Wallace Franklin Jr., 26, Mickey’s Irish Pub, 109 Welch Avenue

Joseph Dodson, 35, Café Beaudelaire, 2504 Lincoln Way

Carly Hathaway, 20, AJ’s Ultra Lounge, 2518 Lincoln Way

Andrew Ernst, 24, Chasers, 2401 Chamberlain Street

Osvaldo Rodriguez-Santiago, 33, Thumbs, 2816 West Street

Seven bars targeted in the investigation would not sell alcohol to an intoxicated person. The names of those establishments follow below.

Big Shots, The Cave, Es Tas, Mother’s Pub, Outlaws, Paddy’s Irish Pub, and Welch Avenue Station.

Licenses of establishments that serve alcohol to intoxicated people can be impacted, according to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division.