IzzyBlanche
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My husband and I were away with family for Easter, and left my minor son in the house because he had an orchestra competition that he didn't want to miss. When other students heard he was there without supervision, they all came over and this one girl brought all the alcohol and had to be carried out nearly dead because she drank almost all of it. There were six cheerleaders who came with her, and they all drank too but to a lesser extent. At the time when this happened, my son called us on our cell phone and we talked to the two cops on the scene - one wasn't going to charge him, the other was - and we had to plead with the emergency room charge nurse to test his blood alcohol although he was underage - he was 16 - so he couldn't submit to a blood test without parental consent. We were on the phone. I had to beg please check his blood alcohol, he wants you to do it. So they did. It was zero.
This is about the worst thing I've ever experienced - my son facing charges, his friends facing charges, and this one stupid girl and her friends who totally escaped any charges whatsoever. My son's friends were convicted because they in fact, had had something to drink.
In Texas (maybe other states) minors who seek medical attention for being drunk aren't charged with crimes. It's a good thing, it's designed to make sure minors who need medical attention aren't kept in secret because they fear criminal charges.
So that's why this girl didn't face charges. If you drink to the point that you need medical attention, you're in the clear. Especially if you're little and cute.
If you only drink a few beers and you're a guy, no such luck.
Questions to the parts BBM in order:
1. Why did he let them in? Especially the ones bringing alcohol?
2. What did the cops want to charge him with?
3. Again, charges for what? Minor in possession, I assume? I'm sorry, I'm still not understanding how this charge wasn't justified unless the girl with the alcohol forced her way in.
4. If they did have something to drink, weren't they in fact guilty of minor in possession?
5. See #4.