The Cobb County Police Department sent underage volunteers to 10 establishments in East Cobb.
During a Cobb County Police Department alcohol compliance check, an East Cobb grocery store sold alcohol to an underage volunteer. The agency's Permit and Regulatory Services Unit last Thursday sent volunteers to 10 establishments across East Cobb, and the Aldi Foods at 2125 Roswell Rd. was the only one that failed the test, said Officer Mike Bowman, the police department's spokesman. Five passed the alcohol compliance check. While the four remaining locations passed, they were issued citations for unspecified permit violations.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners listened to an hour and a half of testimony on Tuesday morning.
After spending about an hour and a half listening to testimony and arguments on Tuesday morning, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted to uphold the decisions by the county's License Review Board in two matters. The board voted unanimously to maintain a 30-day suspension levied on the Texaco Food Mart on Cobb Parkway after employee Sujit Kumar PoonMagar sold alcohol to a minor during a compliance check on Sept. 13. Detective Rusty Creamer of the Cobb County Police Department said the minor who purchased the six-pack of beer told PoonMagar she was born on Aug. 20, 1994, her actual birthdate. "He never asked to see an ID," Creamer said. "He never checked an ID. He just asked her birthdate." Although the store's owner, Sultan Ali …
