By Rick Heller, Lowell Sun Correspondent
DRACUT — A temp worker, a niece and an 80-year-old father.

The managers of three stores caught selling alcohol to a 19-year-old blamed inadequately trained workers for their failure to check the identification of the purchaser.

None of the store managers claimed innocence at the show-cause hearing held last night by the Board of Selectmen.

Dracut Police detectives Gregg Byam and Megan Courtemanche appeared before the selectmen with evidence in hand — six-packs of Budweiser. The beer was purchased on May 23 by an underage cooperating witness, who did not appear at the hearing.

Thirteen other stores that sell …
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