The Bay County Sheriff’s Office conducted the undercover operation with the state Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, and the Panama City Beach Police Department after receiving several complaints that businesses were selling alcohol to minors.
Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., undercover teams went to eighty-one businesses. Underage individuals were sent in without identification to attempt a purchase. Thirty-one transactions did occur in which alcohol was sold to underage individuals.
Each clerk involved will be required to appear in court on this citation, BCSO said.