EDDINGTON – The owner and operator of a campground on the Bradley Road voluntarily gave up his liquor license when police officers and state inspectors showed up Feb. 8 and found more than a dozen infractions.

“We ended up with 13 to 15 violations,” said Jeff Austin, supervisor of liquor licensing and inspections for the state Department of Public Safety’s liquor licensing and compliance division. “Some [of the violations] were life safety.”

Glenn Christensen, owner and operator of Greenwood Acres RV Park & Campground, “voluntarily revoked his license” to sell beer, wine or liquor, Austin said, and as a result, the agency is “holding” the handful of written summonses against him.

“Looking at it from a public safety point of view, the best idea was to get the license out of there,” Austin said. “We got a license out of circulation.”

The raid “was a follow-up from a couple of complaints that the [Penobscot County] Sheriff’s Department got,” said Chief Deputy Troy Morton.

Morton informed town selectmen on Tuesday that the campground would no longer serve alcohol.

Once the information about possible violations was received, the licensing bureau sent in investigators and “the information was verified by agents,” Austin said.

Austin, special investigations unit commander Lt. David Bowler, a local Maine State Police sergeant, two Penobscot County deputies, and the local liquor inspector visited the establishment two weeks ago.

The violations include, but are not limited to, serving intoxicated people, allowing an intoxicated person to remain on the premise, allowing people to transport alcohol onto the premise, purchasing alcohol “not in accordance with his license,” and not posting his license.

“He ran the gamut,” Austin said.

The facility also had fire safety issues, and Christensen had allowed other licenses and permits to expire, one that was expired for two years, Austin said.

Even though Christensen has surrendered his license, and the possible written sanctions are on hold, “it’s still an open case,” Austin said.

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