YOUNGSTOWN — An employee of Circle Hookah and Bar, 116 W. Federal St. downtown, was charged with underage consumption, a first-degree misdemeanor, early Saturday after Youngstown police officers conducted a liquor-license check at the business and saw a 19-year-old being served a mixed drink.

Officers with the Neighborhood Response Unit were in the business when one of them saw a man the officer knew from prior interactions to be under 21 years of age being served a mixed drink, the report states.

Officers confirmed the man’s age to be 19. The man said the staff of the business know him and do not check his ID. He does not use a fake ID to enter the bar, he stated. He asked if the officer could “just give me the ticket” so that the bar does not get into trouble, the report states.

The officer then spoke with the bar’s owner, Ranjeet Singh, asking if he could speak to Singh’s bartender, Mikayla McCarthy, 21. The officer spoke to her, and she said she “served a couple of guys but did not think any of them looked underage.” She also stated that she does not know people’s ages because the bouncers are supposed to ID people before the customers enter the bar. The officer then issued her a citation for serving alcohol to an underaged person.

She was arraigned on the charge, a first-degree misdemeanor, Monday morning and returns for a second hearing at 9 a.m. May 23.

The officer noted that while he was standing at the bar with the bartender with her ID in his hand and a citation to fill out, Singh “grabbed her ID and placed it in his pocket. After telling Singh to give the ID back, he replied ‘no,'” the report states.

After the officer asked Singh a few more times to return the ID and told Singh he was interfering with the officer’s work, Singh gave it back. He “continued to be very argumentative and stated that it is his bouncers that are to ID everyone coming in.” The report was dated 2:24 a.m. Saturday.

Police “eventually were able to clear the scene, but only until a few moments later, when Singh called the 911 emergency line regarding him getting a ticket and wanting to speak to an officer,” the report states. Singh yelled at call takers. A police sergeant then discussed the ticket with him again, and officers were able to leave the business “with no further incident.”