Charges: Mankato bar owner, employee served underage drinkers during indoor dining shutdown
The bar hosted 20-30 people on Dec. 4, 2020, charges say.
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The owner and an employee of a Mankato bar are accused of allowing an underage drinking party during the state-ordered indoor dining ban due to COVID-19.
Pierre Habeeb Sadaka, 41, of Madison Lake, owns Charley s Restaurant and Lounge. He is charged with furnishing liquor to underage buyers, a gross misdemeanor, as well as social host and violating the governor s emergency order, which are both misdemeanors.
Meanwhile, an employee, 27-year-old Mario Alexander Barrios of Mankato, is charged with gross misdemeanor furnishing liquor to underage buyers, the Mankato Free Press reports.