Bars in the news; Police issue tickets for alcohol violations

From the News-Gazette

Police issue tickets for alcohol violations

CHAMPAIGN – State police and the Champaign Police Department issued 24 citations over the past weekend as part of the Operation Campus Tap program.

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State police Sgt. Bill Emery said police visited six bar locations and one street location in Champaign on Sept. 25-26.

Officers issued 20 citations for possession and purchase of alcohol by minors, one citation for possession of alcohol on pubic property, one citation for the sale or delivery of alcohol to a minor, one citation for resisting arrest and one citation for possession of marijuana.

Among the bars, the most citations were issued at Kam's, 618 E. Daniel St., with seven; followed by Murphy's Pub, 604 E. Green St., with six; Firehaus, 708 S. Sixth St., with five; Joe's Brewery, 706 S. Fifth St., with two and Legends, 522 E. Green St., with one.

Emery said there were no citations issued at a sixth bar, Tumble Inn, 302 S. Neil St.

The other three citations were issued on a street location in the campus area.

Here's your breakdown:

Kam's, 7
Murphy's Pub, 6
Firehaus, 5
Joe's Brewery, 2
Legends, 1

CU Bars in the news; Citations issued for possession, purchase of alcohol by minors

From the News Gazette

Citations issued for possession, purchase of alcohol by minors

CHAMPAIGN — State police and Champaign police issued citations to 31 people for the possession and purchase of alcohol by a minor and one citation for resisting arrest at six bars in Champaign on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The citations were part of the Operation Campus Tap program, which focuses on underage drinking among college and high school young people.

The breakdown is:

Clybourne, 9
Station 211, 9
High Dive, 5
Kam's, 4
It's Brothers, 4
Bradley's, 1

Not sure which of the bars had the resisting arrest.

CU Bars in the News, Police issue 21 citations for underage possession or purchase of alcohol

From the News-Gazette

Police issue 21 citations for underage possession or purchase of alcohol.

CHAMPAIGN — State police, with help from Champaign police, issued 21 citations for possession or purchase of alcohol by minors ages 18 to 20 years old late Saturday night and early Sunday morning as part of the Operation Campus Tap program.

Sgt. Bill Emery of the state police said Operation Campus Tap is intended to address underage drinking among college-age and high school-age youths.

Emery said police conducted bar checks at 10 locations in Champaign.

Clybourne, 706 S. Sixth St., was the site with the most citations, with nine; followed by Kam’s, 618 E. Daniel (five citations), Station 211, 211 E. Green St. (four citations), Bradley’s, 1906 W. Bradley (two citations) and Chester Street Bar, 65 Chester St. (one citation).

I wonder if it was the kid who was claiming it was his 21st birthday, who was saying that his buddies were going to the bullet, and he didn't want to go there.

CU Bars in the News; Police issue 32 citations in sweep of bars

From the News-Gazette (and their horribly redesigned website that really sucks).

Police issue 32 citations in sweep of bars

The bars in question are:Clybourne, Fire Haus, Joe's Brewery, Legends, Geovanti's, and Kam's.

Illinois State Police and Champaign police issued 32 citations for underage drinking Friday under its ongoing Operation Campus/Tap program.

The purpose of the program is to reduce underage drinking among college-age and high school youths.

The Illinois Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the driver's license of people found with illegal identification.

Suspensions may be for up to one year or longer. Minors convicted of purchase, possession or consumption of alcohol will face a one-year suspension of their driver's license.

The Operation Campus/Tap program is funded through a grant from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention? They don't look like they are actively PREVENTING anything, with 32 citations, it seems more like they are just punishing people who they have missed with their prevention.