After a series of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission undercover stings last month, the owner of a downtown Wichita Falls bar is charged with selling to an intoxicated person.
Stacy Hawkins was booked into jail and also bonded out today, June 9.
The TABC said a joint operation with Sheppard Air Force Base Special Investigations was conducted on May 12, 2023, to investigate complaints of businesses selling to underage or intoxicated Air Force personnel.
TABC agents and an SAFB OSI agent in plain clothes were in the bar working undercover. Agents began watching a man in the bar who appeared obviously intoxicated who had glassy, bloodshot eyes, was talking very loudly with slurred speech and was swaying while standing.
They observed him approach the back bar area and order a drink from a female bartender, who declined to serve him. The man then went to a male bartender, who told the customer he could finish the drink he already had, but he wasn’t getting another one.
An agent followed the customer down a hallway, where he staggered to the front bar and leaned over to speak to the owner, Hawkins. He said Hawkins picked up a pint glass, filled it with ice and poured vodka and mixer in it and gave it to the customer.
Another agent came and escorted the customer outside, and said he had to assist the customer to prevent him from falling. The customer was asked how long he had been in the bar, and he said maybe two hours, and didn’t know how much he had drank but didn’t think he was that intoxicated.
A bar employee volunteered to drive the customer home.
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