WENGNews writes, "PUNTA GORDA POLICE AND THE STATE DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO BUREAU OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SET OUT WEDNESDAY FOR THEIR SECOND ENFORCEMENT SWEEP IN THE CITY TARGETING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS. POLICE SAY 21 LOCAL COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WERE CHECKED, WITH TWO BEING FOUND IN VIOLATION…BOTH REPEAT OFFENDERS. DETECTIVES ARRESTED 55 YEAR OLD BONNIE MUNOZ OF PUNTA GORDA, A CLERK AT THE BURNT STORE BP ON TAMIAMI TRAIL, AND 20 YEAR OLD JONATHON MILLIGAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE, A WAITER AT BENEDETTO’S AT THE BEST WESTERN. THEY WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH SELLING ALCOHOL TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21, AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THEY WERE HELD ON $500 DOLLARS BOND EACH. THIS WAS THE THIRD VIOLATION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AT BENEDETTO’S, AND THE FIFTH AT THE BURNT STORE BP. POLICE SAY THE SWEEP WILL CONTINUE TO CURTAIL SALES OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS IN THE CITY."
