Police have charged a Johnson City woman with theft related to training people to serve alcoholic beverages, and are asking anyone who may have been victimized to call them.
Johnson City police charged Maria R. Tressler, 34, 111 Arrowhead Drive, with one count of theft of property over $500 after a joint investigation with Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission into fraud.
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According to a news release, Tressler provided server training classes at restaurants in Johnson City. These classes were supposed to meet the minimum training requirements for servers to be certified to serve liquor by the drink.
“The investigation showed that Tressler failed to submit training records, license applications, and application fees to the State of Tennessee. As a result, victims were unable to work and had to incur additional training and certification costs,” according to the news release.
Police said so far 10 people have reported paying Tressler for training but were unable to obtain a server permit.
Tressler was being held on $5,000 bond in the Washington County Detention Center.
She was scheduled to appear in Sessions Court Monday.
Police have asked anyone who thinks they also may be a victim to contact the Johnson City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division at 423-434-6166.
