In one of 84 attempted sting operations in a single night, Waltham Police cited the campus' Stein restaurant for selling liquor to two underage persons on Nov. 10, according to Lieutenant Joseph Brooks. No criminal charges are being pursued against the server or The Stein, Brooks said. But the restaurant is subject to a three-day suspension of its liquor license when it appears before the Waltham License Commission, which issues liquor licenses in the city, at a hearing to be held sometime in January.

"It was an unfortunate incident," said Head of University Services Mark Collins, who acts as the University's liaison to Aramark "[It was] a mistake that I deeply regret."

Director of Dining Services Barb Laverdiere could not be reached for comment. Calls to the Stein were referred to Director of Operations for Dining Services Michael Newmark, who also could not be reached for comment.

Brooks also said the Waltham License Commission gathered the approximately 97 liquor licensees in the city at a meeting in the Chateau restaurant Oct. 27, in part to inform businesses that police would be conducting increased compliance checks.

Brooks said he oversaw compliance checks at 84 businesses that night, and the Stein was only one of four cited for violations. The Chateau was also cited for a violation, as were the Village Market on South Street and Tuscan Grill on Moody Street.

The compliance checks involve sending underage students from various local colleges into liquor-serving establishments with their real Massachusetts IDs, Brooks said. The students are given breathalyzers before entering a business, and are instructed to immediately inform police if they are served alcohol.

"In red lettering it says under 21 [on the license]," Brooks said of the IDs, adding that in Massachusetts, underage licenses are positioned vertically, while licenses for those over 21 are horizontal.

In the compliance check at the Stein, Brooks said he waited outside while two underage students, who he declined to identify, entered the restaurant and sat at the bar. Brooks said the two students each ordered a Samuel Adams draft beer, and that the server, who he identified as Lindsey Abramowitz '06, looked at their IDs before serving them.

The two students notified Brooks, who said the beers were still on the counter when he entered the restaurant. Brooks said Abramowitz admitted to serving the two students alcohol, but said that she didn't notice they were underage.

Abramowitz declined to comment, and the manager on duty that night, who Brooks identified as Loretta Baccari, could not be reached at press time.

"We're being very proactive in trying to prevent underage drinking," Brooks said. "The chief [of Waltham police] has become very proactive so [the compliance checks are] going to be continual. "

Brooks said police are also posing as doormen at Waltham liquor stores, looking out for fake IDs. He said fake IDs from New York and New Jersey have been prominent, and that approximately 10 students from local colleges have been summoned to court this semester for using fake IDs.

"If [students] go in there with a phony ID, we're taking them to court," Brooks said. "Then after that, we're notifying the university.