SCSO performs alcohol, tobacco compliance checks

Published 12:04 pm Wednesday, April 20, 2022

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Sheriff Greg Champagne is pleased to announce that on Monday, April 18, 2022, several detectives and members of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office and members of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control conducted an Alcohol and Tobacco Compliance operation. This operation occurred throughout the parish and yielded several arrests and violations.
Sheriff Champagne would like to thank the four underage operatives that assisted detectives with this operation. Without their help, the operation would not have been so successful. Operations like these are necessary to keep vapes, cigarettes, and alcohol from being sold to underage citizens in St. Charles Parish.
A total of 13 businesses failed to comply with the laws governing alcohol and tobacco sales to underage customers. The stores that were not in compliance and sold to underage operatives are:
Lakewood Shell on Highway 90 in Luling, LA
Birdies (Elm Street) on River Road in Hahnville, LA
Shell Truck Stop on Highway 61 in St. Rose, LA
Shell (Paul Maillard Road) on Highway 90 in Boutte, LA
Murphy Gas station on Highway 90 in Boutte, LA
Smokers Hut on Highway 90 in Boutte, LA
Racetrac on Highway 90 in Boutte, LA
Shell (Longview Drive) on River Road in Destrehan, LA
Smokers Haven on River Road in Destrehan, LA
St. Rose Discount on River Road in St. Rose, LA
Circle K on Ormond Boulevard in Destrehan, LA
Birdies (Ormond) on Ormond Boulevard in Destrehan, LA
Birdies (St. Rose) on River Road in St. Rose, LA
Those charged for violations were:
Lauralee Robinson, 46, Female – 217 Carolyn Drive in Destrehan, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Brandon Muller, 24, Male – 3733 Martinque Avenue in Kenner, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Fredy Alexander Cuellar Aquino, 41, Male – 305 Almedia Road in St. Rose, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Tia Johnson, 30, Female – 246 Cardinal Street in Laplace, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Ashley Nicholas, 23, Female – 204 Murray Hill Drive in Destrehan, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Ahmad Awad, 25, Male – 7 Driftwood Drive in Kenner, LA
Charges Unlawful sales to persons under twenty-one
Contrell Lawson, 21, Male – 82 Carriage Lane in Destrehan, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Hasaan Mahdi, 38, Male – 208 Murray Hill Drive in Destrehan, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Antoinette Cole, 42, Female – 7310 Culpepper Drive in New Orleans, LA
Charges Unlawful sales to persons under twenty-one
Wadhah Alhusseini, 40, Male – 166 Melonie Street in Boutte, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Shantel Adams, 47, Female – 173 Ursula Drive in Avondale, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Vanessa Macaal-Esparza, 23, Female – 63 Blanche Drive in Avondale, LA
Charges Unlawful sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco
Harvahn Craishad Hill, 20, Male – 134 Westside Boulevard in Houma, LA
Charges Unlawful sales to persons under twenty-one
The following businesses were in compliance and did not sell to underage operatives:
Vape Escape on Highway 90 in Luling, LA
Pit Stop on Highway 90 in Luling, LA
Hop In on Highway 90 in Boutte, LA
Champions Exxon on Highway 90 in Boutte, LA
Timesaver on Highway 90 in Paradis, LA
Chevron on Highway 90 in Des Allemands, LA
Birdies (Paradis) on Highway 90 in Paradis, LA
Birdies (Dufrense Loop) on River Road in Luling
Shell (with McDonald’s) on Highway 90 in Paradis, LA
Birdies on Paul Maillard Road in Lulling, LA
Birdies (Milling Avenue) on River Road in Luling, LA
Big River Shell (Marino Drive) on Highway 61 in Norco, LA
St. Rose One Stop on St. Rose Avenue in St. Rose, LA
Pilot on Highway 61 in St. Rose, LA
Racetrac on Almedia Road in St. Rose, LA
Shell (Carolyn Drive) on River Road in New Sarpy, LA