Bars step up ID checks following fatal accident

by Jessa O’Connor

Some bartenders on Franklin Street say they are cracking down on ID checks after the state punished two bars for admitting underage drinkers.  

In July, police charged 20-year-old UNC student Chandler Kania with murder. They say he drove drunk and caused a crash that killed three people.  The state suspended the alcohol licenses and fined the owners of He’s Not Here and La Residence, where investigators say Kania used a fake I-D before the crash.