Police: Half of Conway businesses fail alcohol compliance checks

CONWAY, AR – In the past month Conway police have visited 21 businesses to see if they would sell alcohol to minors. According to police, 11 of those businesses failed the alcohol compliance checks.

In the latest round, police say they checked 8 businesses, 5 of which failed.

Officers say a server at Ruby Tuesday served the informant alcohol without bothering to check identification. According to officers, servers at Michelangelo’s, US Pizza Co. and Cactus Jacks checked the 19 year old informant’s unaltered identification and still served the teen alcohol. And at the Bear’s Den, despite large “X” marks put on both of the informant’s hands to signify that he was underage, a server still provide alcohol. All of the violators were given tickets for non-compliance, fines range from $200.00 to $500.00.

Police say server’s at Zaza’s, Logan’s, and Buffalo Wild Wings all managed to follow the law.