SUN VALLEY – California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents pulled the liquor license from Dora’s place in Sun Valley following a two year investigation. Agents posted a Notice of Revocation at the bar on November 1, 2013. By revoking the liquor license, the owners are no longer allowed to serve alcohol. “ABC agents worked with […]
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Undercover ABC Agents Buy Illegal Drugs At Delano Restaurant
(Delano) –In a three month investigation, undercover California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents made drug buys inside the El Rancho Grande restaurant in Delano leading ABC to revoke the restaurant’s liquor license. ABC agents worked in conjunction with Delano Police, Bakersfield Police, the Kern County Sheriff’s Department. the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration Customs […]
College Students, Parties, Labor Day Weekend
The Labor Day weekend may have meant three glorious days off for many, but not for California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents. “ABC agents were on the job, taking on underage drinking in communities where students have started or returned to college,” said CSLEA President Alan Barcelona. […]
Enforcing Labor Laws, It’s Their Business
If an employer is falsifying records and underpaying employees, there is a group of state investigators who are sure to uncover it. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are agents and investigators with the state of California combine their resources and crack down on businesses that do not comply with the law. The […]
Busting Those Who Buy Booze For Minors
In their on-going effort to keep alcohol from the under-21 set, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents worked with Newark police last week in a decoy shoulder tap operation. During their five-hour operation in which an underage decoy asked adults to purchase alcohol for him/her, ABC agents busted six people, five of them for furnishing […]
ABC Agents Undercover: Drug Sales Cost Stockton Club Its Liquor License
STOCKTON – Agents of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) revoked the liquor license at the Flamingo Club in Stockton Wednesday, July 31, after a three-month undercover investigation revealed bar employees were involved in selling illegal drugs. Agents began investigating the club after the death of a 19-year-old Riverbank woman in early 2011. […]
Rescuing Children – ABC Agents Assist In Operation Cross Country
In an effort to target underage prostitution and rescue children from commercial child sex trafficking, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents, who are members of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), recently assisted the FBI and local law enforcement officers in a 72-hour operation called Operation Cross Country VII. “In California, Operation Cross Country […]
ABC and DOJ Agents Take Part In Shasta County Drug Bust
A joint investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies has resulted in a multi-count federal grand jury indictment charging a Shasta County couple with manufacturing and distributing giant quantities of marijuana. Included in that investigations were California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents and Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents. A federal grand jury […]
Undercover At The 2013 Lightning In A Bottle Music Festival
When California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents went undercover at last weekend’s (July 12-14) 2013 Lightning in a Bottle music festival at Lake Skinner, they found it very easy to get their hands on illegal drugs, including: cocaine, LSD, ketamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, marijuana, PCP and prescription meds. The ABC agents, along with Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies […]
Armed Fugitive Who Threatened ABC Agents Sentenced
He put Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents in a dangerous situation when he reached for a loaded 357 Magnum revolver, now Tri Nguyen, a fugitive on the run for 10 years, is going to prison. Nguyen, 42, saw his freedom come to an end on June 15, 2012 when ABC agents conducted a warrant sweep […]
