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Under age drinking

daughter (16) was drinking at a party and her friend took her car and there was an accident and he left the seen of the accident and they both lied to police that someone stolled the car,the police gave my daughter an underage drinking citation and a obstructing officer citation for lying that someone stolled the car. Officer said that she would call and be back the next night around 11:30 pm, she wanted to think about it if she was going to give the obstruction citiation I waited up till 12:30 am because she was to be there by 11:30 with her answer she never called or came.This was August 6,2006 then today august 24, 2006 I found in our mail box both pink copies of the citations jambed in the bottom of the mail box not in an envelope just in the box. isnt it a federal offense to leave anything in a mail box? And is this a legal way to give someone a citation? The citations state that she personally gave them to me, since when is leaving something in the mail box not in an envelope or stamped ever personal? What is the fine for a first offense for underage drinking and obstruction?


Asked on 8/24/06, 9:09 pm

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Under Age Drinking and Obstruction

If they are not handled properly, under-aged drinking charges can result in loss of your daughter�s driver's license. Radically higher car insurance rates, in addition to fines, are also possible. Obstructing (lying to an officer), if charged as a criminal violation, carries a maximum fine of $10,000.00 and maximum jail of nine months. If it is charged as a local ordinance, the penalty would normally be a fine only. I could not tell which penalties apply here without seeing the citation. I would not be able to check the amount of the possible fine for an ordinance Obstructing without knowing which municipality issued the citation.

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Answered on 8/25/06, 10:53 am


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