Nov. 7 photo via Wayne Chaney, Sr., shared on Instgram

In a release, LBPD states [allegations below]:

On December 17, 2019, Vice Investigation Detectives and agents from The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) arrested 56-year-old Amor Potestades Amacio of the City of Norwalk, for furnishing alcohol to a minor resulting in great bodily harm. Amacio will be charged with the selling/furnishing of alcohol to Carlo Navarro on October 31, 2019, at the Green Diamond Liquor, located at 5300 block of Long Beach Boulevard.

A few hours after Navarro was illegally furnished alcohol at the liquor store, he was arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence after fatally striking three pedestrians, who were walking southbound on the west sidewalk of Country Club Drive...

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Immediately after the crash, the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) and ABC opened a Target Responsibility for Alcohol Connected Emergencies (TRACE) investigation to find the source of the alcohol that was consumed by Navarro, an underage driver at the time...

After conducting a series of interviews and examining evidence, detectives determined suspect Amacio sold alcohol to Navarro at the Green Diamond Liquor earlier that evening. Amacio was booked for selling alcohol to a minor resulting in great bodily injury and other related administrative charges. Amacio is being held at the Long Beach City jail on $100,000 bail.

Alongside this investigation, the LBPD conducted a separate operation in an effort to reduce underage consumption of, and access to, alcohol. The operation resulted in:

14 establishments checked
3 issued citations for selling to a minor
5 issued citations where an adult purchased alcohol for a minor

ABC will be seeking disciplinary action against Green Diamond Liquor's alcoholic beverage license for furnishing alcohol to a minor, a violation of section 25658(c) of the California Business and Professions Code. The penalty for the business could be a suspension or revocation of the license. A penalty has not yet been determined.

The TRACE program is made possible by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration. The grant provides funding for in-depth ABC investigations of serious incidents including car crashes, but also alcohol overdoses, poisonings, and assaults involving minors and alcohol consumption...

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