Less Underage Drinking At New Jersey Concert

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New Jersey's installment of Projekt Revolution, a tour headlined by Linkin Park, which was held at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel featured "less underage drinking" reports Asbury Park Press. Of the 26 people arrested at Wednesday's concert(August 29) only five were cited for underage drinking, a sharp drop from earlier events at the Holmdel center this year when dozens of people under the age of 21 were arrested for drinking alcohol illegally.??The PNC Bank Arts Center??The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which owns the amphitheater, is reportedly glad to see the arrest numbers go down, but officials maintain that five arrests is still too many. "There's always a few that are going to slip through the cracks," scoffed spokesman Joseph Orlando of underage drinkers.Four 19-year-olds and a 20-year-old were charged with underage drinking at the concert which featured Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. Other alleged offenders featured such crimes as eight people charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and one concertgoer was charged with resisting arrest, aggravated assault on a trooper and disorderly conduct. The youngest person arrested was an 18-year-old who was charged with possession of fictitious documents explained Sgt. Jeanne Hengemuhle.State Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. (pictured above), R-Monmouth, has asked a Senate committee to review the center's operations, pushing to make the venue more family friendly."MORE HERE":CH[CH]http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708310367

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  1. Sturgell says Don't tell the good Senator, but you and I both know that there is the same amount of drinking going on - just not the same amount of busts. Either the kids are going a little further away to get faced, the cops just aren't paying attention or both. I seriously doubt that their-or any efforts by ??the man?? are going to stop kids from doing what kids do. If someone told me when I was a kid that The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, cops or some fat-cat from Capitol Hill are actively trying not to let me sneak a beer at a show, I would have got trashed in spite. When did kids drinking turn into such a problem? Maybe I'll change my POV someday if I'm a parent. Any parents wish to comment on this? Attention Underage drinkers in New Jersey: Watch out for the guy wearing a fanny pack and Marylin Manson tee shirt. Chances are he is not ??chill??. ??But for real kids, don't do drugs??
    Permalink posted 08/31/2007

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