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« No day off for the kids on Block Island | Today | Illegal immigrant wins $30,000 in workers' comp case » January 14, 2008Barrington couple charged with serving minorsBARRINGTON -- A local couple has been charged by police with illegally serving alcohol to minors during a New Year's Eve party at their home. Gabriel A. Pacheco, 48, and Mary Lou Pacheco, 45, of 11 Northwest Passage, have become another example of the enforcement of the new social-host law designed to make adults responsible for the underage drinking that takes place under their noses. Earlier this month, a 47-year-old Bristol woman was charged under the social host law in connection with a New Year’s Eve party at her home at which she allegedly poured drinks for some of the minors who attended. It's also an example of how there are no secrets on the Internet. The party came to the attention of police after 13 pictures of the Barrington imbibers, age 17 to 20, were posted on Facebook.com, the social networking site, under two different names. One of the photos showed the Pachecos in the background. Others showed the youths in the basement playing ``beer pong,'' a drinking game. The pictures had been widely distributed in town, according to police, who allege that the youth were drinking at least part of the time they were directly under the supervision of the Pachecos. On Friday, police confronted the couple. They were summoned to appear in Providence District Court on Jan. 23. The potential fine for the misdemeanor charge of purchasing or procuring alcohol for a minor is $350. None of the seven party-goers have been charged, although police said they expect to call the parents of the local youths to the station and show them the photos. -- Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr. They included three Barrington High School students, all female, ages 17, 17 and 18; two other Barrington residents, a 19-year-old male and 20-year-old female; and two teens from out of town, a 17-year-old female and an 18-year-old male. One of the girls in the picture caused a furor in town five months ago when she posted photographs of her party-going friends drinking beer in a Facebook group called "Intoxicate Oh-Eight," named after the high school class of '08. More than 17 percent of this year's senior class in Barrington High School belonged to the group. Enforcing underage drinking has taken on new urgency in Barrington following two deaths and one near-death just since July. The litany of serious alcohol-related cases has become all too familiar in town: Ryan Greenberg, awaiting trial for second-degree murder following the boating death of Patrick Murphy in July; Michael J. Silveira, now serving two years in the state Training School after he slammed his car into a tree in November, killing passenger Jonathan Converse, and the 17-year-old accused of eluding police in Colt State Park, Bristol, and nearly killing a pedestrian when he slammed his car in a stone wall. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsBob | January 14, 2008 2:49 PM link This does not surprise me at all. That town hasn't learned from the 4 deaths in 2 years and will not learn until the penalties get stiffer. ho hum | January 14, 2008 3:43 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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ProJo 9 to 5 News Blog
Oct 2005 - March 2006
Barrington appears out of control. All this in a town without a liquor store. Can you say hypocrite?