The Chelsea Standard
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Three minors cited for alcohol possession
By Edward Freundl, Heritage Newspapers
PUBLISHED: April 19, 2007
An early morning argument involving two females and a male resulted in police issuing citations for minors in possession of alcohol.
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Chelsea police were called to an apartment house in the 300 block of Lincoln Street at about 4 a.m. April 6 for a report of a loud argument outside.
On arrival officers saw a woman enter the house and close the door. They knocked on the door but no one answered.
According to a police report, the officers then found a young woman barefoot in the driveway. The 19-year-old Chelsea woman told police she and her cousin live in the lower apartment, and when the cousin came home she began blowing the car horn in the driveway.
The 19-year-old came outside and they argued about someone parking in the cousin's parking spot.
She said no assault was involved, just an argument, but she refused to let police into the home.
Officers noticed an odor of intoxicants and gave the woman a preliminary breath test, which gave a result of .066 percent blood alcohol content.
State law has a "zero tolerance" policy prohibiting minors from having any amount of alcohol in their system, so police issued the woman a citation for Minor in Possession of alcohol by consumption (MIP), then allowed her to go back into the house.
According to the report, officers left the scene but remained in the area in case any other complaints were made regarding the house.
After a few minutes officers saw a red minivan pull into the driveway of the home, and two young females and a young male came out of the house and got in.
The vehicle drove west on Lincoln, and police made a traffic stop for a defective headlight and license-plate light.
The number and approximate ages of the passengers matched the original complaint, and a strong odor of intoxicants in the vehicle gave officers "reasonable suspicion" of additional MIP violations, the report stated.
The driver, a 30-year-old Chelsea woman, said she had just gotten out of bed to pick up the young people and drive them home, and police did not observe any signs of intoxication with her.
Preliminary breath tests were given to both passengers. The 17-year-old female registered a .106 percent blood alcohol content and the 19-year-old male registered .14 percent, so both received citations for MIP by consumption.
Edward Freundl is a reporter with Heritage Newspapers. He can be reached at 428-8173 or efreundl@heritage.com.
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