Police Nab 24 Underage Drinkers in Edgemont

On Friday night September 16, following the homecoming football game at Edgemont High School police received a complaint about a large, loud party at 60 Seely Place in Edgemont.

Members of the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force and uniform patrol officers went to the home and found a number of young people entering and leaving an open attached garage. Police found numerous teenagers inside the garage and open beer containers.

As a result of continued investigation twenty four (24) under aged teens were determined to be present and found to be in possession of alcoholic beverages. All were issued a summons for “Possession of Alcohol by a Person Under the Age of 21”, Section 65-c of the Alcohol and Beverage Control law. The minors were released to the custody of their parents or guardians. Court dates are scheduled this month at Town of Greenburgh Court and the investigation is continuing.

Also on Friday, September 16, 2011, members of the Greenburgh Police Drug and Alcohol task force conducted an investigation into the sale of alcohol to under aged minors in 19 locations throughout the Town of Greenburgh and the Villages of Irvington and Tarrytown. An underage agent was sent into stores in order to attempt to purchase an alcoholic beverage without proper identification. Though the agent was denied purchase in 16 locations, three stores sold alcoholic beverages to the agent without asking for proper identification. Two of the locations were in Tarrytown, but the third was the new Walgreens at 870 Central Park Avenue in Scarsdale.

The defendants were issued summonses under the Alcohol and Beverage Control law, section 65-1 for selling an alcoholic beverage to a person under the age of 21 and are due to appear in Town of Greenburgh Court later this month.

Perhaps, the kids who were partying in Edgemont bought their beer at Walgreens?