Joseph Bates caught selling alcohol to minor at Kidd Wine and Spirits

29-year-old Joseph Bates was jailed on December 14th after the TABC conducted a compliance check at Kidd Wine and Spirits on Bell Road. Bates is a clerk there and sold a bottle of wine called Cotton Wood Creek to a 19-year-old informant. Bates sold the minor alcohol despite checking their ID and seeing they were underage. Joseph Bates was booked on the citation on January 9th.