Henderson Police Department Press Release

January 21, 2016

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations unit conducted an operation to check compliance of the state’s alcohol and tobacco sales law.  Officers utilized an underage (17 year old) informant and sent him into retail outlets to check compliance.  The underage minor was able to purchase alcohol and tobacco products in 19 retail establishments.  The following individuals have been charged as a result of this investigation:

New Dixie Mart

1201 Dabney Drive

Yovenn Milller

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Valero

555 Dabney Drive

Mohamed Saleh

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Kwik Stop

923 Nicholas Street

Hesham Muntaser

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

The Corner Store

1043 S. William Street

Saba Alashmali

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Star Grocery

201 Harriett Street

Fayez Saleh

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

Brother’s Food Mart

525 S. William Street

Sameh Abutaleb

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Party Pick Up

655 N. Garnett Street

Saham Hauter

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

A and A Food Mart

200 W. Andrews Avenue

Abdil Almuwallard

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

N- A- Minute Food Shop

1727 E. Andrews Avenue

Hesham Ajhmali

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Vance Mini Mart

1174 Newton Diary Road

Kaiser Hauter

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Henderson Food Mart

420 E. Andrews Avenue

Medhat Dawoud

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Parade-Valero

1551 Dabney Drive

Adel Eshak

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

Best Bet

615 Raleigh Road

Fuad Ameri

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Oxford Road Convenient Mart

2303 Oxford Road

Wagd Hauter

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Fiddle Stix

1421 E. Andrews Avenue

Muhammad Ather

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Speedway

929 S. Garnett Street

Yalonda Henderson

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Raleigh Road Convenient Mart

525 Raleigh Road

Saleh Azzmemi

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

 

Mojo’s

1206 East Andrews Avenue

Rama Kadavant

Charges- 1 count of selling alcohol and one count of selling tobacco products to a minor.

One individual remains to be charged as a result of this investigation.  These violations have been refered to the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Agency for possible sanctions.  The Henderson Police Department considers sales of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products to underage individuals to be a grave problem and investigations such as this will be conducted randomly to ensure compliance.

Authority: Chief Marcus Barrow