Crime & Safety
Police: Ten Ames Businesses Sell Alcohol to Person Under 21
Ames Police said a recent alcohol compliance check found that 10 of 33 shops would sell alcohol to people under the age of 21.
One of about every three alcohol retailers in Ames will sell alcohol to someone underage, according to a recent compliance check by the Ames Police Department.
Ames police conducted a compliance check at 33 establishments Nov. 8 and said 10 businesses sold alcohol to a person under the age of 21.
The employees at these places were cited for selling alcohol to an underage person, resulting in a $735 fine.
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People charged in the check follow below:
Michael Clark Sojka, 26, at Swift Stop, 3406 Lincoln Way.
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Dustin Thomas Nemmers, 22, at Swift Stop, 1118 S. Duff Avenue.
Samuel Lee Sydnes, 28, at Swift Stop, 3218 Orion Drive.
Catherine Alene Hermon, 43, at Casey’s, 3612 Stange Road.
Evan Anthony Weinschenk, 18, at 2515 Chamberlain Street.
Cassandra Blair Linn, 18, at Kum and Go, 4510 Mortensen Road.
Matthew Dylan Hill, 22, at Hy-Vee Gas, 4018 Lincoln Way.
Benjamin David Fobber, 29, at Tobacco Outlet, 204 S. Duff Avenue.
Alyssa Marie Handeland, 21, at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill, 105 Chestnut.
Nile Joseph Jacobus, 19, at Dahl’s, 3121 Grand Avenue.
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