Cops: Three local businesses sold alcohol to minors

Three local businesses were busted for selling alcohol to minors after a Riverhead police sting last Thursday, according to a statement from police.

Police said Freddy Collado, 51, of Freeport sold alcohol to a minor at the Stop and Go Mini Mart on West Main Street in Riverhead; Ana Flores, 20, of Flanders sold alcohol to a minor at the OK Petro station on East Main Street in Riverhead; and Gokhan Gunacar, 27, of Miller Place sold alcohol to a minor at the Superior Gas station on Main Road in Aquebogue.

All three suspects were charged with unlawfully dealing with a child, processed and released on appearance tickets. The three businesses were referred to the New York State Liquor Authority, police said.

The Superior Gas station was cited last August for selling alcohol to minors, police said, when an investigation led to the arrest of Mr. Gunacar’s father, 64-year-old Gurdogan Gunacar.

Fourteen other businesses were investigated and were all found to be in compliance with the law, police said. They are as follows:

• Hess Mart on Route 25A in Wading River

• Sunoco Gas on Middle Country Road in Calverton

• Citgo Gas Station on Middle Country Road in Calverton

• Gulf gas station on Middle Country Road in Calverton

• Mobile Gas on Old Country Road in Riverhead

• Gulf gas station on Old Country Road in Riverhead

• Hess Mart on Old Country Road in Riverhead

• 7-Eleven on Old Country Road in Riverhead

• Empire Gas on Old Country Road in Riverhead

• American Gas on Main Road in Aquebogue

• Time to Eat on West Main Street in Riverhead

• Polish Town Deli on Pulaski Street in Riverhead

• Mae’s Market on Railroad Avenue in Riverhead

• USA Gas on East Main Street in Riverhead