The following was submitted by the Wayland Police Department:
On Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Wayland Police Department conducted underage alcohol compliance checks of local establishments that sell/serve alcoholic beverages. Two underage individuals, aged 20, were sent into establishments with instructions to attempt to purchase alcohol without showing any identification.
Two (2) of the fifteen (15) establishments checked sold alcohol to the underage individual(s); The Coach Grill Restaurant, 55 Boston Post Road and Post Road Liquors, 44 Boston Post Road. These establishments will be referred to the Board of Selectmen, the liquor licensing authority for the town, for a hearing. The Coach Grill Restaurant also did not have their TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) roster on premises. Post Road Liquors is currently on probation for a similar violation that occurred there in November of 2014.
The Wayland Police Department regularly conducts both alcohol and tobacco compliance checks at local businesses in an effort to reduce the underage consumption of alcohol and tobacco products.
Wayland Patch 2/26/16 reports: “Post Road Liquors is currently on probation for a similar violation that occurred in November 2014. According to Wayland Board of Selectmen meeting minutes, any violation of Massachusetts liquor laws during the probation period, which ends in December 2015, will result in a five-day suspension of the business’ liquor license.”
Wayland Town Crier 2/26/16 reports: “Mike O’Connell Sr., co-owner of Post Road Liquors, said the business fired the employee who didn’t check for identification.”
