| CASE NUMBER: 13-7436 |
| DATE: 4/20/13 |
| LOCATION: CLUB 313 (313 CLEMATIS STREET) |
| INCIDENT: UNDER AGE CODE VIOLATION |
| ON SATURDAY, 4/20/2013 YOUR AFFIANT, AGENT COLVIN |
| AND OFC. MCCARROLL WERE WORKING AN UNDERCOVER |
| OPERATION IN THE DOWNTOWN CLUBS AND BARS. THE |
| OPERATION CONSISTED OF YOUR AFFIANT, AGENT COLVIN, |
| OFC. MCCARROLL, AND A TWENTY YEAR OLD CONFIDENTIAL |
| INFORMANT (CI) ENTERING A CLUB, BAR, OR RESTAURANT |
| AND ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE |
| FROM A BARTENDER. PRIOR TO THE OPERATION THE CI |
| WAS CHECKED AND VERIFIED THAT THEY DID NOT POSSESS |
| ANY FORM OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION OR ID THAT COULD |
| BE USED TO TRICK OR CONFUSE THE BUSINESS OR THEIR |
| PERSONNEL OF THE CI`S AGE. THE CI DID POSSESS A |
| COLLEGE IDENTIFICATION CARD. THE CARD DID NOT HAVE |
| AN AGE ON IT.THE CI WAS THEN ONLY GIVEN CURRENCY |
| FROM THE WEST PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT |
| INVESTIGATION FUND FOR THE OPERATION. |
| ON 4/21/2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0210 TO 0230 HOURS, |
| OFC. MCCARROLL AND THE CI ENTERED CLUB 313, |
| LOCATED AT 313 CLEMATIS ST. BOTH MCCARROLL AND THE |
| CI WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE BUSINESS WITHOUT |
| BEING STOPPED OR CHECKED FOR ANY FORM OF ID. AFTER |
| ENTERING THE ESTABLISHMENT THE CI APPROACHED A |
| BARTENDER, WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK FEMALE |
| WITH TATTOOED EYEBROWS. THE BARTENDER WAS WEARING |
| A WHITE T- SHIRT AND JEAN SHORTS. THE CI ORDERED A |
| ?BUD LIGHT? ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. THE BARTENDER THEN |
| GAVE THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO THE CI, AND THE CI |
| GAVE THE BARTENDER CURRENCY FROM THE WEST PALM |
| BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIVE FUND. THE CI |
| WAS NEVER ASKED FOR IDENTIFICATION AND THE |
| BEVERAGE WAS VERIFIED BY OFC. MCCARROLL TO BE AN |
| ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. |
| AFTER THE INCIDENT YOUR AFFIANT, AGENT COLVIN, |
| OFC. MCCARROLL AND THE CI LEFT THE BUSINESS AND |
| CONTINUED WITH THE OPERATION. THE MANAGEMENT WAS |
| NOT NOTIFIED AT THE TIME TO PREVENT STAFF OR |
| OTHERS FROM NOTIFYING OTHER BUSINESSES OF OUR |
| OPERATION WHICH WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF ALL |
| INVOLVED AND THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION. |
| UPON COMPLETION OF THE OPERATION, CLUB 313 HAD |
| CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT AND YOUR AFFIANT WAS UNABLE |
| TO NOTIFY THE MANAGEMENT OF THE VIOLATION. ON |
| 4/26/2013 OFFICER RUIZ WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE |
| MANAGER OF CLUB 313, JEFF BALLETT. BALLETT WAS |
| NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY |
| THE BARTENDER. BALLETT WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE |
| BUSINESS WAS IN VIOLATION OF FSS. 562.11(1)(A)(1), |
| WHICH STATES : IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO |
| SELL, GIVE, SERVE, OR PERMIT TO BE SERVED |
| ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF |
| AGE OR TO PERMIT A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE TO |
| CONSUME SUCH BEVERAGES ON THE LICENSED PREMISES. |
| THIS VIOLATION IS IN TURN IN VIOLATION OF THE WEST |
| PALM BEACH CITY ORDINANCE 6-12 WHICH STATES; EVERY |
| VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE RELATING TO THE |
| POSSESSING, SALE, GIFT, SERVICE OR PERMITTING THE |
| SERVICE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, WHETHER HERETOFORE |
| OR HEREAFTER ENACTED, IS HEREBY SPECIFICALLY MADE |
| A VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER. |
| MANAGEMENT WAS ALSO CAUTIONED THAT THEY WERE IN |
| VIOLATION OF WEST PALM BEACH CITY ORDINANCE 6-8(C) |
| WHICH OUTLINES THE BUSINESSES REQUIREMENTS IN |
| ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR EXTENDED HOURS PERMIT TO |
| SELL ALCOHOL AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND IF ADDITIONAL |
| VIOLATIONS OCCUR WITHIN A 30 DAY PERIOD THE PERMIT |
| COULD BE REVOKED. |
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