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	The Manchester Enterprise A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Violation of liquor statutes reported at the Village Tap

Report on alleged violation forwarded to state of Michigan

By Edward Freundl, Heritage Newspapers

PUBLISHED: January 18, 2007

A local drinking establishment may find itself in trouble for allegedly serving an intoxicated person in violation of state liquor laws.

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A sheriff's deputy noticed a man stumble out of the Village Tap, 235 E. Main St., at 8:20 p.m. Jan. 10 and walk onto the sidewalk. According to a report, he was staggering from side to side as he walked eastbound into the intersection.

The man apparently was intoxicated or suffered from a medical condition, according to the report. Traffic had to stop and wait for him as he continued to stagger across the road, so the officer pulled a patrol car into the intersection to prevent the man from being struck by a vehicle.

After clearing the intersection, the officer spoke with the 50-year-old man, who lives on East Main Street. The report stated that the man smelled of alcohol, his speech was slurred and saliva was running down his chin.

The man told the officer that he had been drinking beer and liquor at the Village Tap since about 5:30 p.m., but couldn't recall how much he had consumed.

He also said he was walking the short distance home because he didn't have a driver's license.

The man agreed to a preliminary breath test, which showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent, almost double the legal limit for driving.

The officer and another deputy followed the man home to make sure he arrived safely. Then one of the officers returned to the bar to talk with the bartender, a 40-year-old Clinton woman. She said she was the lone bartender on duty, and recognized a description of the intoxicated man.

According to the police report, she confirmed that she had been serving the man since she came on duty at 5:30 p.m., but the man was already there and likely had been served by others prior to her arrival, she said.

The officer asked for the tavern's liquor license to copy some information from it. A citation was not issued to the bartender or the intoxicated man, but a report was filed with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.

The report cited violations of the Liquor Control Act, specifically a section that prohibits "serving alcohol to an intoxicated person" and "allowing a person in an intoxicated condition to consume alcohol on the premises."