Police

Greenport store clerk arrested for selling alcohol to minor

A Greenport store clerk was arrested Thursday during a underage drinking sting conducted across Southold Town by state troopers, according to a state police news release.

Diana Liseth-Santos, 19, of Greenport was cited for unlawful dealing with a child and prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage while working at Layyah on Front Street in Greenport, police said.

She was issued tickets and given a future date in Southold Town Court.

Police said nine other stores were targeted during the “underage drinker enforcement operation” and passed. Those businesses were:

• 7-11, Cutchogue

• 7-11, Southold

• 7-11, Greenport

• Royal Mini Mart, Southold

• Valero, Cutchogue

• Patriot Gas, Greenport

• Greenport Mini Stop, Greenport

• GMS Grocery, Greenport

• Chasmur Supermarket, Greenport

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