Riverhead police: 3 gas station clerks sold alcohol to minor
Riverhead Town police arrested three gasoline station employees on Saturday, accusing them of selling alcohol to underage customers.
Police said they checked 19 locations Saturday, using an underage decoy who attempted to buy alcohol.
Three different gas station stores were found in violation of state liquor law for selling alcohol to a minor, police said: Valero at 4904 Rt. 25A in Wading River, 76 Gas at 4123 Rte. 25 in Calverton and Speedway at 870 Old Country Rd. in Riverhead.
The three clerks — Robert Prianti, 54, of Riverhead, Zeynep Ozge Nursen, 25, of Shoreham, and Jay Vincent Neudeck, 21, of Mattituck — were arrested and charged with first-degree unlawful dealing with a child.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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