Some bartenders and bouncers have been dealing drugs in Escondido night spots, and 14 people were arrested overnight by undercover agents at sports bars and clubs across the city, police said today.
The Friday arrests stemmed from six months of investigation by undercover federal agents, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Escondido Police Department, said John Carr, spokesman for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
During the investigation, undercover state agents made 32 different purchases of drugs, including methamphetamine, cocaine, illegal prescription drugs and high-grade marijuana, Carr said.
The sellers were allegedly bar bouncers, bartenders, waiters and patrons, and the state alcohol board will move to suspend or revoke the liquor licenses of bars where employees were arrested, Carr said.
Drugs were allegedly sold in Pounders Sports Bar at 125 W. Grand Ave., El Rodeo Bar at 425 N. Rose St., Thee Spot at 945 W. Valley Pkwy., Club Anitas at 1320 E. Valley Pkwy., Senor Taquito at 1620 E. Valley Pkwy., Escondido
Sports Pub at 1205 S. Escondido Blvd. and Woodies at 717 N. Escondido Blvd., Carr said.
Sports Pub at 1205 S. Escondido Blvd. and Woodies at 717 N. Escondido Blvd., Carr said.
Among those arrested were Lura Gentry Banks, 48, of Escondido; Jerome Wayne Peter Benvento, 28, of Carlsbad; Albert Juan Ornelas, 38, of Escondido; Alicia Lopez, 25, of Escondido; Mireya Lopez, 28, of Escondido; Yesenia Perez, 19, of Escondido; Elvia Rosario Sanchez-Rios, 23, of Escondido; Shameka Jeannetta Johnson, 30, of Vista; Marcus Boshawn Cotton, 30, of Escondido and Thomas Curtis Lanham, 41, of Escondido.
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