It's graduation night for many area high schools, and authorities say that parties will be plentiful. At many of the parties is alcohol, and teens say it's easy to get. Parents have it. If convenience store clerks are caught selling alcohol to underage, they're immediately given a citation, which could cost them hundreds of dollars. In some cases, officials have shut down the store for the day.
Police say that the alcohol of choice for many teenagers is beer, and there's plenty of it.
That's why many store clerks have to stay on their toes. So officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office are always often pulling stings, keeping a close eye out for violators. Occasionally we will have a tactical deployment where we will attack underage sells. Andy Morgan said. Police say that the business owners who allow minors to drink in their clubs or allow them to buy beer, will be given citations.