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CIRCLE PINES - LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL POLICE REPORT 00- 091292 05 -04 -00 On the above date Circle Pines - Lexington Police Department was conducting an alcohol compliance check on all businesses in the Circle Pines - Lexington and Centerville area that sell or serve alcoholic beverages. The operation outline was to send an underage person into each business in an attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages to insure each business was complying with state and local laws regarding the sale of alcohol. An undercover officer was used to witness either a compliant or non - compliant check of each business. A person identified as an 18- year -old by a Minnesota driver's license was used to conduct these compliance checks. This person was photographed just prior to this operation to depict this person's youthful appearance. All personal items were removed from this person such as an ID card, money Etc. All money used in this operation was photocopied showing serial numbers and the denomination of the bill used. 2128 hours On the above date and time Investigator Pruitt of the Circle Pines - Lexington Police Department entered the Trio Inn in the City of Centerville. This Officer was parked north of the above location. The under age buyer then entered the Trio Inn with a five dollar bill #I48384306A. The Buyer sat at the bar and ordered a Bud Light beer. The male bartender gave the buyer a Bud Light Beer and charged her two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50). The buyer then received two dollars and fifty cents change. The buyer then went into the bathroom leaving the beer that had been placed on the bar. Investigator Pruitt then approached the bar and removed the beer. He then went into the men's bathroom and collected a sample of the beer into a BCA fluid container. He also maintained possession of the bottle of beer. The buyer and officer Pruitt then left the bar together. I then was advised that a buy had occurred at the Trio Inn. I met with both the buyer and Officer Pruitt in the parking lot of the Centerville Elementary School. I collected the beer bottle and the fluid container as evidence. I was also given a full description of the bartender. This description was listed on the buyer's report. 2218 hours I returned to the Trio Inn, while Officer Pruitt and the buyer remained parked in an unmarked vehicle at the front of the business. Once entering the bar I noted that bartender matched the description of the person selling the alcohol to the underage buyer based on