Underage drinking operation results in five arrests

Nevada Daily Mail

In response to numerous complaints from the public in the Nevada area, the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted an undercover operation to determine if minors were being served alcohol at Echo's nightclub.

"I can't put a number to how many people complained, that's why we're just going with numerous," Sergeant Dan Brockman, Missouri Highway Patrol, said. "I can just say there was a lot of concern about the minors being served."

Undercover officers witnessed a minor purchasing alcohol at the establishment on Aug. 16.

Donald D. Adams, 61, of Nevada, and the owner of Echo's nightclub, was charged with two counts of permitting a minor to sell intoxicating liquor.

Bartender Lezlie R. Fast, 26, of Nevada, was charged with supplying alcohol to a minor. Two servers, Bethany K. Brower, 17, and Kellie D. Cooper, 17, both of Nevada, were charged with serving alcohol to a minor. A 15-year-old juvenile was charged for possessing tobacco products.

The Nevada Police Department and Missouri Division of Liquor Control assisted the Patrol during this operation.