Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, February 06, 1981, Page 7, Image 7

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    Fake ID
risky for stores, minors
By RICHARD WAGONER
Of the Emerald
University-area markets and
taverns are cracking down on a
growing number of minors us
ing false identification to buy
alcohol.
As many as 20-25 minors try
to buy beer or wine at Hilyard
Street Market on any given
Friday or Saturday night, say
owners Larry and Jerry Swartz.
Other stores report similar
problems.
And while store owners say
they are concerned for minors
who may face fines for buying or
attempting to buy alcohol, they
are more worried about the stiff
fines and penalties levied
against their stores for selling to
minors — penalties that could
put them out of business.
“If (minors) come in and try to
buy beer and one of the clerks
misses them or doesn’t know an
ID is fake — and we get caught
— I could lose my (beer and
wine) license,” says Bob Rice,
owner of Tom’s Market on
Agate and 19th streets. “This
store is my livelihood. I have no
sympathy for them.”
The Hilyard Street Market
faces a similar situation. The
store has been cited twice in the
last year for selling alcohol to
minors, Larry Swartz says. One
more citation could result in
suspension of its beer and wine
license.
“If that happens we might as
well shut our doors," Swartz
says. “We have to be so strict
that we make a lot of people
mad. They think we are picking
on them when all we’re doing is
protecting ourselves.
“Minors just don’t know the
severity of their actions.”
An increasing number of fake
mail-order ID’s and fraudulent
driver’s licenses is making a
continuing problem even worse,
say store and tavern owners and
Oregon Liquor Control Com
mission officials.
The OLCC knows of one or
two fake ID operations now in
business at the University. And
Advertisements for mail-order
identifications requiring only
the completion of a simple form
can be found in magazines
distributed locally.
Fines for minors purchasing
or attempting to purchase al
cohol with a fake ID vary with
the circumstances, says Gary
Sandstrom, senior inspector for
the OLCC's enforcement divi
sion in Eugene
Any minor purchasing or
attempting to purchase alcohol
can be fined a maximum of
$250, regardless of whether the
purchase is successful, Sand
strom says. And if the minor
uses a fake or falsified iden
tification, additional fines can
be levied.
Using a fake mail-order ID is
considered misrepresentation
of age, a class C misdemeanor
punishable by not more than 30
days in jail and a $250 fine.
Judges have discretion on the
severity of the penalties, Sand
strom says.
Loaning a minor a driver’s
license, using a borrowed or
fradulently prepared license, or
altering a license to change the
birth date all can result in the
suspension of the user's valid
license for up to one year. All of
these offenses also are con
sidered misuse of a driver’s
license, a class B misdemeaner
punishable by a maximum $500
Graphic by Sioux Anderson
fine.
Sandstrom also warns that
purchasing liquor for a minor
could result in a $200 fine for the
first offense, a $1,000 fine for
the second offense and a
$1,000 fine plus not less than 30
days in jail for the third offense.
“It boils down to whether or
not it is worth it," Sandstrom
says. “And getting caught just
isn’t worth it to buy beer.”
As tough as some fines are
against minors buying alcohol,
store owners and clerks can
face even tougher penalties.
“The store owners are sitting
in a difficult position," Sand
strom says. While a clerk may
not know a customer is using a
falsified identification, the store
could possibly be fined for
selling to a minor.
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And the clerk who made the
sale could be fined $250 for
supplying liquor to a minor.
Whether a store and clerk are
fined depends on the circum
stances and how carefully an ID
was checked, Sandstrom says.
Penalties levied against
stores for selling beer or wine to
minors range from $455 on the
first offense to $1,950 for the
third offense. A fourth offense
results in loss of the beer and
wine license — an action Rice
says would cost his store
$20,000-$30,000.
“It just isn’t right for them to
come in here and jeopardize
themselves, me and my
livelihood and my five college
employees working for me,"
Rice says. Swartz says stores
have the right to sue minors for
the cost of any fines or court
and lawyer costs resulting from
a citation against the market.
His store will be forced to sue if
it gets another fine, he says.
“We don’t want to take col
lege kids to court, but if we re
shut down for a month we might
not make it.”
Both Rice and Swartz say
their efforts have paid off and
fewer minors try to buy liquor at
their stores And they, along
with Sandstrom, say that OLCC
workshops to teach clerks how
to spot fake ID s have helped
considerably.
“Our clerks are good,’’ says
Swartz, “and they will catch
them.’’
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