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MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 25, 2003, 4:30 P.M.
SUBJECT:
Sutter Deputies conduct tobacco sting
TEXT:
Sutter County Sheriff’s Deputies
assisted by Sutter County Health Department employees conducted a
tobacco decoy operation in the Yuba City-Live Oak area. Using
underage Sheriff’s Cadets, attempts were made at nineteen local
businesses to purchase tobacco items. Clerks at fourteen of the
nineteen businesses complied with the law against selling tobacco to
minors and should be commended. Those stores were identified as:
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Quick Stop-1285 Bogue Road, Yuba
City
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AM-PM Mini Mart-1332 Bogue Road,
Yuba City
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Quick Stop-1620 Lincoln Road, Yuba
City
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Tim’s Mini Mart-1619 Lincoln Road,
Yuba City
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Mikes’ Mini Mart-1591 Franklin Road,
Yuba City
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Bill’s Market and Delli-1443
Franklin Road, Yuba City
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Quik-n-Stop-2590 Buttehouse Road,
Yuba City
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76 Station-7505 Highway 20, Sutter
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Tiff’s Mini Mart-9881 Live Oak
Blvd., Live Oak
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Bootlegger Discount Liquor and
Video-9915 Live Oak Blvd., Live Oak
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Superstop #2-2494 Archer Avenue,
Live Oak
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MG Liquor’s-2920 Pennington Road,
Live Oak
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Exxon Station-10375 Live Oak Blvd.,
Live Oak
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King’s Market-10153 Live Oak Blvd.,
Live Oak
The following businesses and clerks
were cited when they sold tobacco to underage cadets:
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Mr. Paul’s Market, 2255 Buttehouse
Road, Yuba City. Clerk Mary Hughes, 17, cited for 308 (a) PC-sale
of tobacco to a minor.
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Sunny’s Market, 9820 Broadway, Live
Oak. Clerk Irene Rivera, 26, cited for 308 (a) PC-sale of tobacco
to a minor.
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More for Less, 10020 Live Oak Blvd.,
Live Oak. Clerk Marie Quaadman, 29, cited for 308 (a) PC-sale of
tobacco to a minor.
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99 Discount Store, 10017 Live Oak
Blvd., Live Oak. Clerk Kulwinder Kaur, 37, cited for 308 (a)
PC-sale of tobacco to a minor.
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Munger’s Market, 7803 South Butte
Road, Sutter. Clerk Jennifer Ward, 26, cited for 308 (a) PC-sale of
tobacco to a minor.
CONTACT PERSON AND TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Bill Grove, Undersheriff (530)
822-7307
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