Ridgefield police say they caught the owner of Tiger’s Den selling alcohol to minors in an undercover investigation with help from Wilton detectives.
“The Ridgefield Police Department opened an investigation after learning that minors were possibly being served at the Tiger’s Den Sports Bar & Grill located on Catoonah Street,” wrote Ridgefield Police Capt. Jeff Kreitz in a press release Friday.
“With the assistance of the Wilton Police Department Detective Division, the Ridgefield Police Department set up an undercover detail on the evening of July 23, 2015.”
Kreitz said that officers in plain clothes were inside Tiger’s Den when “the investigation revealed that minors were being served alcoholic beverages inside of the business by the owner/bartender Joseph Attonito.”
Kreitz said, “Plain clothes officers were inside of the establishment observing the individual during this time.”
Attonito, 35, of 28 Wedgewood Drive, Danbury, was charged with five felony counts of Sale of Alcohol to a Minor. Five minors were issued infractions for Possession of Alcohol by a Minor. The State Liquor Commission was notified about the incident.
The minors charged for alcohol possession were all 20 years old. They included:
- Katherine Abercrombie, 20, of 90 Keeler Drive;
- Kyle Chester, 20, of 7 Lakeside Drive;
- Patrick Molyneaux, 20, 616 Main Street;
- Connor Rowe, 20, of 616 Main Street;
- Michael Sexton, 20, of 37 Ethan Allen Highway.
The owner of the Tiger’s Den could not immediately be reached for comment.
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