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« Children, victim's kin testify at Gianquitti's bail hearing | Today | Man gets 2 life sentences for 2005 Providence murder » June 2, 20083 youths at party accused of possessing alcoholJAMESTOWN -- Police charged three people with underage possession of alcohol early Saturday after breaking up a party that drew close to 100 to Aquidneck Court. Officers responding to a complaint about a loud party at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, found about 100 people, some of whom were under 21, gathered at 5 Aquidneck Court, said Lt. William Donovan. Some partygoers fled into the woods when police arrived; others dropped their cans and bottles in a house strewn with liquor and beer bottles as the officers’ presence was announced. A 20-year-old female told officers the party was a fundraiser for AIDS, reports show. The home is owned by Stephen and Linda Mecca, according to tax assessor’s records. Three people were issued a summons for underage possession of alcohol: Zachary H. Hanners, 19, 10 Coulter St.; Elizabeth J. Gladding, 19, of 242 America Way; and Kevin Pomeroy, 20, of 190 Pheasant Run, North Kingstown, police said. The police are still investigating who supplied the alcohol, but Donovan said he believed some of the partygoers who were over 21 could have brought it. Officers confiscated all the alcohol and warned about the risks of hosting parties in which underage people were drinking, reports show. The arrests come less than a month after North Kingstown police broke up two underage drinking parties in that town and charged a 26-year-old local woman with providing alcohol to minors under the state’s social host law. -- Journal staff writer Katie Mulvaney Christine Whitely, of Chaucer Drive, was the first person arrested by the “party patrol,” a federally-funded law-enforcement initiative targeting underage drinking, according to police. Laura Hosley, coordinator of Jamestown’s Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force, said she and her North Kingstown counterpart tried unsuccessfully to earmark some of those dollars for similar patrols in Jamestown. Nonetheless, they plan to conduct a media campaign aimed at curbing teen substance abuse in both towns. Jamestown teens attend North Kingstown High School. “Of course, I don’t want to see people underage drinking and people over age condoning it,” Hosley said. “It’s a culture change we have to do.” Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsPost 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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