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Oconee Co store operator charged with sales to minors

Oconee Fast Mart

A service station clerk has been arrested after deputies say he was selling alcohol, tobacco, and CBD/THC vapes and gummies to minors.

On Friday, October 13, Oconee County investigators served a search warrant at the Oconee Fast Mart service station located at 1961 Hog Mountain Road.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office says the clerk responsible for the sales, Jatinkumar Patel, 62, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of the sale of alcohol to minors, two misdemeanor counts of the sale of tobacco to minors, and multiple felony counts of the sale of schedule one narcotics.

A service station clerk has been arrested after deputies say he was selling alcohol, tobacco, and CBD/THC vapes and gummies to minors.

On Friday, October 13, Oconee County investigators served a search warrant at the Oconee Fast Mart service station located at 1961 Hog Mountain Road.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office says the clerk responsible for the sales, Jatinkumar Patel, 62, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of the sale of alcohol to minors, two misdemeanor counts of the sale of tobacco to minors, and multiple felony counts of the sale of schedule one narcotics.