By Ciara Perez, News Reporter | iSkyCreations – News & Media (ISC)
Published September 29th, 2024
Davenport, FL — In a turn of events that could have been ripped straight from a TV cop drama, a convenience store clerk in Davenport was arrested for selling alcohol to a minor as part of “Operation Pop Top”—a campaign run by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to catch stores breaking the law on underage alcohol sales.
The undercover sting happened on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, when deputies hit up ten convenience stores in the Davenport area. Their mission? To make sure clerks were asking for IDs and refusing to sell booze to anyone under 21. Sounds simple, right? Well, nine stores aced the test, but one store didn’t.
The 7-Eleven at 6023 US 17/92 North in Davenport sold alcohol to someone who definitely wasn’t old enough to buy it—a 17-year-old PCSO Cadet who was in on the operation. The unlucky sales clerk, Amber Jean Green, a 34-year-old from Kissimmee, made the sale and was promptly arrested on the spot.