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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And the kids? the schools? No fault anywhere else?

It is illegal for kids to drink before they are 21. Those laws are thoroughly evaluated, and have saved thousands of lives. You can make it all sound as harmless as you want. But the police are enforcing a law that matters. Remember when that boy was let go with a warning by police a few years back, and he died walking home (drowned, I believe in a small stream...or died from hypothermia). They were crucified for not doing more. The point is, it is not safe to walk around by yourself when you are drunk. If you have taught your kids that such laws came about to line the pockets of small town cops, you have done them a disservice. [/quote]

OP here.  You are absolutely right, and I am actually grateful that they didn’t leave my son to just wander around by himself.  However, surely they could have taken him the station, allowed him to sober up, read him the riot act, and given him a citation or warning?  Especially as he has nothing else on his record - this is his first offense. It seems like throwing a class 1 and class 4 misdemeanor at him was excessive, to say the least.  That will be permanently on his record if it is not expunged, and even then will show up on a security clearance investigation. And that’s even if he’s able to get it dismissed and/or expunged in the first place - by paying an expensive attorney, no less.

I completely agree that he could have been hurt, however for first-time offenders, they could have released him the next day with just a warning.  That would have been plenty to ensure he never does this again.[/quote]

We were completely mortified when our daughter was ticketed for underaged drinking at a party at UVA a few years back.  She never told us, hired her own lawyer and was found guilty.  She had her driver's license revoked for six months.  It's on her record.  However, we have been really surprised that this has not kept her from getting great summer jobs and internships, even when she was required to declare that this had occurred and provide details on an employment form.  She is currently a senior who is getting multiple job interviews with great firms.  Apparently it's more common than we thought and not necessarily considered to be a big deal particularly if your child is capable of discussing what happened in a mature fashion and dwelling on what they learned from it if asked.  It's funny how when our kids are little we overshare about their big accomplishments (walking, playing peek a book, reading) but when they get older we clam up and never share these doubts, set backs and disappointments.  Instead, we all walk around thinking that this has never happened to anyone else.  You'd be surprised.  I'm ok posting here but none of my neighbors or work colleagues etc. know that this even happened and I'm not planning on telling them.[/quote]

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