The Santa Maria Police Department and California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control held a “Minor Decoy” operation to catch establishments and individuals in Santa Maria that would provide alcohol to minors.
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Santa Maria Police officer Ricky Arias talks to a man being cited for buying alcohol for a minor, during Monday's “Minor Decoy” operation. Arias is holding beer the man bought for the teen at a N. Broadway 7-Eleven store.
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A man outside a N. Broadway liquor store refuses a teen's request to buy him alcohol, during Monday's “Minor Decoy” operations by the Santa Maria Police Department and California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The operation aims to catch establishments and individuals that would provide alcohol to minors.
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A Santa Maria Police officer frisks a man who bought alcohol for a teen during Monday's “minor decoy” operation, which was organized by the Santa Maria Police Department and state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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Santa Maria Police Officer Ricky Arias, standing at center, describes to a task force how Monday's "minor decoy" operation will work.
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Sgt. Eligio Lara describes to a task force how Monday's “minor decoy” operation will work. The effort is organized by the Santa Maria Police Department and state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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An undercover Santa Maria Police enters a the Radisson Hotel to observe a teen's effort to buy alcohol, during Monday's “Minor Decoy” operation by the department and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The restaurant bar refused to sell to the teen.
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A teen enters the Taco Ranchero restaurant on South Broadway in an attempt to be served alcohol during Monday's “minor decoy” operation. He was refused by servers there. The effort was organized by the Santa Maria Police Department and state’s Department of Alcohol Beverage Control to catch establishments and individuals that would provide alcohol to minors.
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A man takes an undercover teen's money to buy him alcohol in front of a North Broadway 7-Eleven store, during Monday's “minor decoy" operation.
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Sgt. Eligio Lara checks his radio with his task force before Monday's “Minor Decoy” operation by the Santa Maria Police Department and California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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Santa Maria Police officer Ricky Arias holds money used by a man to buy beer for a minor, during Monday's “Minor Decoy” operation. He is talking to an undercover officer from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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Listening to an undercover officer from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control are Santa Maria Police Sgt. Eligio Lara, left, and Officer Ricky Arias during Monday's “Minor Decoy” operation to catch establishments and individuals that would provide alcohol to minors.
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