DRINKING AND VANDALISM

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FACTS OF THE CASE

• Eight beer stands throughout festival

• Kids bought being underage

• Broke into a cabin

• Vandalized whole cabin ($10,000 worth)

• Charged with:Breaking & enteringUnderage drinkingVandalism

VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN_A5QX4gHI

ILLEGAL UNDERAGE DRINKING

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Alcohol is the most commonly used drug

• Causes changes in behavior; mood swings

• Approximately 7% of the population has an alcohol abuse problem

• Alcohol use often precedes violent events such as vandalism & domestic violence

• Drinking during high school is associated with serious social, legal, and medical consequences

BACKGROUND OF TRIAL

• Michael Kralick, Ivan Claire, Steve Hanes, Jody Porter-17 years of age

• Went to festival, planning to drink alcohol

• got alcohol from beer stand, I.D. was never asked for by clerk.

• The four minors broke into cabin by lake.

BACKGROUND OF TRIAL CONT…

• They drank four more wine coolers at the cabin.

• They destroyed the furniture and pillows in the cabin.

• Planning committee is being sued by the cabin owners for the damage to the cabin.

• The kids are all charged and the planning committee is now being sued.

APPLICABLE LAWS

Breaking and entering

Vandalism

Drinking under the age

Drinking while Driving

Selling alcohol to minors

TRIAL CONCLUSIONS

• The beer salesmen's never properly I.D. any of the minors.

• Planning committee is at fault for not setting definitive rules about underage drinking for the festival.

• The Planning Committee should be replaced with better people and the festival should have designated drinking area.

TRIAL CONCLUSIONS

• The kids who broke into the house and destroyed the inside of the house were convicted for underage drinking, breaking and entering and vandalism.

• The same four kids were not being sued because the minor should never have had been able to get beer in the first place.

• The frog festival planning committee was to blame for the entire situation.