Suffolk County Police yesterday arrested three men for selling alcohol to minors during a targeted compliance check.
In response to community complaints, First Precinct Crime Section officers conducted an investigation into the sale of vape products and alcohol to minors in the First Precinct. Ten businesses were checked for compliance from approximately 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and violations were found at three of them.
Police charged the following employees with unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree, a misdemeanor, after they sold alcohol to a minor:
• Abu Taher, 33, of Deer Park, an employee at EXPRESS Gas, located at 1901 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park.
• Mohit Kumar, 22, of Farmingdale, an employee at Valero, located at 355 Bay Shore Road, Bay Shore. He was also charged with false personation.
• Lovejeet Singh, 19, of West Babylon, an employee at Shell, located at 1160 Straight Path, West Babylon.
All three were issued field appearance tickets and are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip at a later date.