47 ticketed as agencies target underage drinking in Albany.(Capital Region)

ALBANY - A total of 47 underage drinkers were ticketed for having fake identification when police and state agencies raided the Pearl Restaurant and Lounge on North Pearl Street late Thursday night, authorities said.

Four bartenders were arrested and charged with serving underage drinkers, but the Pearl's liquor license was not immediately suspended as an investigation continues. Authorities estimated that as many as 200 of the roughly 300 patrons in the bar were underage, but if they were not observed drinking or caught with unaltered IDs, they were not ticketed, according to the Albany County district attorney's office.

The proprietor of the club, …