The article about selling alcohol to underage “adults” was interesting in not what was said but what was missing: A picture of this underage adult.

The person police usually get to assist them in this type of sting operation is usually a 20-year-old female with a few kids who looks like she is 30. This person is usually coerced into cooperating with the police in this type of operation because she has some minor drug charge pending, and for her cooperation, the charge will be dropped.

This might not be the case here, but you can bet the police are not going to be willing to tell who or how they get this under-21 “adult” to assist them.

We should get them to tell us how often they used a real 16- to 18-year-old to attempt to buy alcohol.

The age to purchase alcohol in this state is 21 and I think it should be followed, but many adults are easily deceived by appearance.

Lee Hunt
Fayetteville

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