LAKE WALES, Florida — A sales clerk in Lake Wales was arrested after selling alcohol to an 18-year-old who was part of a police operation.
Brandi Cutting-Millanes, a 42-year-old from Love’s Travel Stop in Lake Wales, was charged with selling alcohol to a person under 21, a misdemeanor, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest occurred during the Operation Pop-Top campaign, where deputies visited several stores in the Lake Wales and Bartow area to ensure compliance with state law prohibiting alcohol sales to those under 21.
The operation involved a member of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Cadet 1000 program acting as an undercover customer. While five stores refused to sell alcohol to the cadet, Cutting-Millanes did not, leading to her arrest…