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| I want to make it perfectly clear," Willing said, "if you are underage and consuming alcohol in Carol Stream, you will be arrested. |
| Police said 12 teenagers were arrested for consumption of alcohol by a minor following a complaint of a loud party at a home no longer occupied by the family of one of the suspects. Police said the June 21 arrests were unrelated to the Jonathan Petit investigation. Petit, 16, was found dead in a pond at Mitchell Lakes Park earlier that morning. Carol Stream Police Chief Rick Willing said the arrests were made in the evening hours. |
| Mother, son get jail time for drinking party Published: 12/20/2007 3:15 PM | Updated: 12/21/2007 12:13 AM A Hanover Park mother and son were sentenced Thursday to spend four weekends at DuPage County jail for hosting an underage drinking party that led to a teen's accidental drowning. Joanne Zagone, 51, and her 22-year-old son, Kenneth Pomella, pleaded guilty Nov. 19 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Pomella also admitted guilt to endangering the life of a minor and delivery of alcohol to a minor at the June 17, 2005, party. In addition to jail time, mother and son each were sentenced to one year of probation. They each must pay $500 in fines and participate in a victim impact panel. Pomella also must complete 100 hours of community service with a anti-drinking group such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving. |
| 2 Arlington Hts. teens cited for underage drinking Two Arlington Heights teens have been cited with underage drinking after an Arlington Heights police officer discovered the pair passed out on the 1500 block of Highland Drive Saturday night. Arlington Heights police spokesman Doug Hajek said an officer passing Juliette Low School on patrol around 9:45 p.m. Saturday saw a girl passed out on the side of the road. After the girl spoke with her parents, Hajek said, the parents told officers a second girl also may be passed out somewhere on the school grounds. A second search of the campus revealed a second 15-year-old unconscious on the school's playground area. Both girls were taken to Northwest Community Hospital by paramedics, Hajek said. Their conditions were not known Monday. |
| 12 teens arrested on underage drinking charges in Round Lake Park Published: 7/21/2009 Round Lake Park police say a dozen underage drinkers were arrested in two separate incidents Sunday and Monday. Police Chief George Filenko said authorities were summoned to the first incident at 12:57 a.m. Sunday when an anonymous caller reported teenagers were entering and exiting a house through a bedroom window. He said the tipster also heard glass bottles loudly knocking together at the home in the 500 block of Greenwood Avenue. |
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| Orland Park man charged after throwing wild party Published 9/1/09 Buffalo Grove An Orland Park man was charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a replica firearm after a large party he recently threw in a vacant apartment in the 15800 block of Orlan Brook Drive got loud and out of control, police said. Daniel Long, 20, of the 8700 block of West 169th Street was also charged with keeping a disorderly house after several tenants complained to police about the party which had allegedly been going on for three days, police said. The arresting officers saw several revelers tossing beer cans, paper goods and flower pots off a third-floor balcony, police said. |
| Teen drinking pictures on Web lead to charges for 5 people Published: 1/12/2008 Investigations prompted by online photos of underage drinking parties in the Lombard area have resulted in charges against five people and suspension of 11 student-athletes. DuPage County sheriff's officials on Friday announced 34-year-old Jessica G. Holz was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She's accused of hosting a Jan. 5 party at her home at 21W238 Coronet Road near Lombard, where several students from Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn drank alcohol. Four students from the school were charged with possession of alcohol by a minor, said Dawn Domrose, a sheriff's spokeswoman. The party came to light after the school's resource officer -- also a DuPage County sheriff's deputy -- discovered pictures from the bash on the popular social networking Web site Facebook.com. Further investigation by the deputy revealed a second party, on New Year's Eve at a home in Lombard. |