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APNewsBreak: Jags’ Matt Jones released from jail

Posted by admin | News | Posted on March 15th, 2009

The News Review:

- APNewsBreak: Jags’ Matt Jones released from jail
- Sauquoit woman struck with beer bottle Chadwicks women charged
- No real beer for supermarkets in Colorado
- Suspect held in beer theft shooting incident
- Widen the wine sales

APNewsBreak: Jags’ Matt Jones released from jail
The Associated Press
(AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones has been released a day early from a weeklong stay in jail for drinking beer in violation of his plea agreement for a drug charge. The sheriff’s department says Jones was freed Saturday. At a hearing Monday Jones was ordered to stay in jail until Sunday after asking to be locked up rather than spending six weeks in a treatment facility. Jones failed a drug and alcohol screening. He told the judge he drank beer while playing golf the week before.

Sauquoit woman struck with beer bottle Chadwicks women charged
Utica bserver Dispatch
Police said that Brandee M. Weeks 25 is accused of striking the 36-year-old Sauquoit woman and causing physical damage to her facial area. Weeks was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
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No real beer for supermarkets in Colorado
The Associated Press
The House Business Affairs & Labor Committee voted 7-4 against the proposal late Wednesday after listening to more than seven hours of testimony. Joe Rice D-Littleton said the state’s current liquor laws don’t make sense but he said the state should take a comprehensive look at all of them instead of trying to change them piecemeal. Right now convenience stores and supermarkets are largely limited to selling 3.

Suspect held in beer theft shooting incident
Jackson County Floridan
Larry Phillips “L. ” Stephens 26 is now behind bars accused of attempting to steal beer. According to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s ffice deputies and a Florida Fish and Wildlife canine unit were called out to Golden Lariat at Interstate 10 at 10:30 p. Witnesses told law enforcement that a man had entered the Golden Lariat and stole two 12-packs of beer.

Widen the wine sales
Newsday
These stores still have exclusive rights to sell hard spirits but wine sales offer higher profits. So before the state opens the door to grocery stores it must also modernize its liquor-store statutes. Allow liquor stores to sell beer mixers cheese and other complementary products. Let them extend their hours and expand to more than one outlet. More than two-thirds of states allow wine sales in food stores and major grocers have been lobbying for decades to change the law in New York. They got their chance this year when Gov.