WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A store in Washington D.C.'s Bloomingdale neighborhood has been shut down for a year for selling synthetic drugs, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Wednesday.
Aida's Electronics, located at 209 Florida Avenue NW, was the site of multiple synthetic drug seizures and the shooting of an employee that may be related to the sale of synthetic drugs, according to the Attorney General's office.
"The message is clear: Businesses that sell synthetic drugs in the District of Columbia will face regulatory enforcement and litigation in court that could shut down their businesses for up to a year," Racine said in a statement.
The penalty is stiff and the attorney general says thats because the store continued to sell synthetic drugs, like K2 and Scooby Snacks, even after he was caught and told to stop.
The OAG has also been pursuing legal action against William Early, the owner of Alda's Electronics, since November, 2014.
The court order forbids Early or anyone else from operating the store for a year. Early, a retired Metropolitan police officer, is also forbidden from opening any other business and storing, selling or using any synthetic drugs at the location.
Early is also ordered to pay $1,200 in damages to the district's Drug, Firearm, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund.
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