Booze? In a sportfishing lodge? No way!

BETHEL ENFORCEMENT AREA...GOODNEWS BAY...IMPORTATION OF ALCOHOL... ON 8/16/03, VPSO GEORGE BRIGHT OF GOODNEWS BAY RECEIVED A REPORT OF ILLEGAL SHIPMENT OF ALCOHOL. VPSO BRIGHT RESPONDED TO THE AIRPORT WHERE HE SEIZED THREE BOXES AND ONE COOLER. ONE OF THE BOXES WAS LEAKING FLUID AND HAD THE ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. THE BOXES WERE SHIPPED BY UPS FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI BY SAM FOX. THE BOXES WERE ADDRESSED TO MICHAEL GORTON, 34, OF GOODNEWS BAY. GORTON IS THE OWNER OF THE GOODNEWS RIVER LODGE, WHICH IS SITUATED ON THE GOODNEWS BAY RIVER, APPROX. 4.3 MILES NE OF THE VILLAGE OF GOODNEWS BAY. THE BOXES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SEARCHED. 36-750 ML BOTTLES OF WINE AND 36-12 OZ BOTTLES AND CANS OF BEER WERE SEIZED. FOLLOWING THE SEIZURE OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, A SEARCH WARRANT WAS APPLIED FOR AND GRANTED ON 8/20/03 FOR THE GOODNEWS RIVER LODGE. THE WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON 8/21/03. 25-5 LITER BOXES OF FRANZIA WINE WERE SEIZED ALONG WITH 5-750 ML BOTTLES OF VARIOUS ALCOHOL. THE PEOPLE OF GOODNEWS BAY VOTED TO BAN THE SALE AND IMPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INTO THEIR VILLAGE, EFFECTIVE 12/01/83 AND BANNED POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES EFFECTIVE 2/01/91. CHARGES OF IMPORTATION OF ALCOHOL, SALE OR POSSESSION FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL WITHOUT A LICENSE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BOTH CHARGES ARE CLASS C FELONIES. (JZE1)