On Friday evening, November 27, 2009 Alcoa Police Department detectives utilized an underage youth to attempt to purchase beer/liquor from local businesses. This investigative technique, referred to as a beer sting, is simply one way utilized to deter businesses from selling alcohol to minors and has been done periodically for many years.

In this case, the effort to purchase alcohol was a complete failure as the underage person was declined by every business where the purchase was attempted. The following businesses are congratulated for making our beer sting such a failure:

Pilot – Topside Road	Mr Gas / Texaco – Lincoln Road
Weigels – Topside Road	CVS Pharmacy
Topside Wine and Spirits	Kroger’s
Gas Express Food Mart	Food City
BP / Aztex (Buddy’s B-B-Q)	Walgreen’s
Lakemont BP	O’Charley’s Restaurant
Courtyard Restaurant	Texas Roadhouse Restaurant
El Sazon Mexican Restaurant	K&S Market
Mr Gas – Alcoa Highway	Green Meadow Wine and Spirits
E-Z Stop Exxon	Wal-Mart
Kenjo BP – across from Waffle House	Mr. Gas – Hunt Road and Louisville Road
Food Lion	Buffalo Wild Wings
On The Run Exxon – Hunt Road and Old Knoxville Highway	Chili’s Restaurant
Ian’s Market	Applebee’s Restaurant

Chief Ken Burge states “We are pleased to recognize these businesses and we appreciate the efforts of their employees!"

For more information, contact:

Captain Dale Boring, Operations Division
Alcoa Police Department
2020 N. Wright Road
Alcoa, TN, 37701
Phone: (865) 981-4111