Nine minors cited for alcohol

i think that if you are going to tell exactly what intersection this happened on then why not tell who's house it was. There are probably 4 houses on that insection and right now three families are getting "talked about" for doing they have not done.

oops sorry it say southwest corner, my blunder

Way to go Beatrice Police Department!!!!! It is about time that someone stops all the minors that are drinking. Unfortunately that seems to be the favorite pastime of a lot of kids these days. Too bad the surrounding town's law enforcement doesn't follow suit instead of turning a blind eye!!!! Keep up the good work!!!

HMMMMM, 9 MINORS MIP. That will be
taking up alot of Randy's time. Too bad he didn't get the help he needs to get this done quickly. Considering how long this party life has been going on in that house, it makes you wonder why it took so long to happen.

Thanks Beatrice PD you probably saved a life that nite!! Now if only the superivsors had given the CA enough cash to properly prosecute...are young lives worth it Supervisors???? Oh and by the way, were any of them related to YOU????

Wow that is great for Beatrice. How about the cheerleaders in Wymore that were drinking at the football game???? Any punishment for them? Oh, they only got suspended from school.

Who cares. Its a crime yeah but dnt drive afterwards! I mean wuld u rathr have them doing crack or othr drugs? Teens drink many do it responsibly. Its sad that those people will pay more for an mip than they will if they had marijuana on them. That's what needs to be cracked down on not alcohol

minors drinking? ah shut up already! its been goin on for years and years. u did it, i did it. we all did it. mind ur business already unless u live next door and the noise bothers u. beatrice has NOTHING to do on the weekends, except drink and to play hide and seek with the coppers! ah, the good ole days!

Im glad to see that are law enforcement in gage county cares about minors more that the drug problem or the murderer who went through gage county and proceeded onto Roca they were even notifited when they stopped at a local farm and did nothing or when they shot a state fair pig on the road when they knew the owner was coming to get it this disapoints me get priorites straight.

Randy won't have his hands full----more than likely these nine minors will be slaped on the hand, they'll all take the diversion class for first time offenders. There won't be any consequence except for a few expenses or fines to pay.
At school they will be cheered and admired by their peers.
There needs to be higher consequences for youth (and Adult) offenders.

I totally agree with MIP about getting Randy the assistance he requested. What is it going to take to wake the people up that continuously bad mouth Randy.

I wonder how many of these nine tickets will hold up in court? I hope BPD dotted their "i"'s and crossed their "t"'s because someone will look for a way to get out of their ticket. They need to get the supplier also and who lives at the house that lets parties continue to happen there.

How do you know how long this has been going on.....are you a participant MIP or a contributor?

to the Beatrice PD for their hard work, and to the Beatrice Daily Sun for reporting this story. I'd like to see MUCH MORE of it. Keep this in the public eye as much as possible, Daily Sun -- we ALL need to be reminded that this goes on constantly, we have great law enforcement working hard to get these arrests made, and the days of our communities simply "..looking the other way..." are coming to an end.

Thank you Beatrice Police. What happens to the homeowner? The article was absent of information on consequences for the homeowner and the person who supplied the alcohol. This town need to be proud of more positive youth behaviors. In this case can't be proud of the youth, but of the Beatrice Police in enforcement.

ps who is Randy? Is it the attorney?
MIP I do not get your reference.

It is public record. Information on where crimes occur is available to anyone who chooses to do the investigation. Great job, Daily Sun, for doing so.

to "who cares": where do you think it starts?

there is no such thing as kids drinking responsible.

Drinking can lead to other things, including "drinking while driving"

If minors are condoned by adults that they do not have to follow the rules, regs, or laws, then why should they think they should follow them when they are adults.

Whether it is booze or weed, it is illegal. If you think it is ok to let your kids partake in either, then you are sending them the message loud and clear that they do not have to obey the law. Why would any responsible parent teach their kids that they only have to obey the laws they agree with.

murderers? Roca? State fair pigs? What the heck are you referring to??????

to spongebob, if you have kids I hope one of them isn't injured or killed, or kill someone else because of drinking since your all for it. Maybe then you might think differently. Underage drinkers have a higher risk of becoming alcholics. We may have done it when we were young but that doesn't make it right, we are just lucky we're still here. I'm a parent and if my kid gets caught he will pay, not only to the courts but to me as well.

I lived in Beatrice in the 60's and went to BHS. That's all the kids did then and it seems it hasn't changed. Not much else to do. If we got caught, we were given a short lecture and sent on our way. It was fun then and luckily we lived thru it.

Well I think that if the law would stop saying what parents can and cant do then the kids wouldnt be doing what they do! today kids will do what they want! they dont care!! they will smoke, drink, trash the parents house, tell the parent to shut up! and do what they want! and you know as a parent the law has tied our hands!! to bad we cant get some good ole fashion parenting for these kids now adays! My parents would of beat my butt! for doing something like that...and come to think of it! They only had to tell me what would happen and I knew better!! as far as the one that says we all do it! IM sorry your WRONG! WE DONT ALL DO IT! some of us learn RIGHT FROM WRONG and OBEY! our parents, the law! to bad you didnt..what a shame!

Well. If you guys think that 9 is alot how about the 30 other ones that didnt get caught? How about if gage county is going to "crack down" on underage drinking why isnt there consistancy in the consequeces. Some people get off..some dont. the Beatrice police department and gage county need to get together and get their stuff consistant. Its rediculous that some people get connections and get off there charges.

And how about we worry about the missing persons and the Meth labs that are blowing up, instead of teens having innocent fun...if kids are drinking and in a safe plave then whats the harm.

Its rediculous and BPD and gage county have bigger things to worry about.

Well Said MiMi! That's exactly right. Kids learn what they see.

Look around Gage County and what do our kids see? Adults who live for the next happy hour, beer garden, wine tasting, and so on ... I think KWBE had a good radio ad a few months ago, it basically you wouldn't teach your kids to steal a purse or commit some other crime, so why do you think you can teach them to drink; that's a crime, too.

The BPD didn't discover the party through exceptional detective work or vigilence, it was called in by a teen who wanted to get their rivals in trouble. Once they were on the case they had trouble finding the "loud" party until some of the teens were getting ready leave and walked outside.

Still, 9 offenders were caught which is a good thing. From what I gather a couple of them were repeat offenders and one not only had previous alcohol violations but also property damage violations (most recently driving through the Zion Lutheran cemetery fence!) so I hope Randy takes that into consideration and throws the book at 'em!

The homeowner, hard to say there. Were they home? Were they aware of what was happening? Kids are sneaky and sometimes get one past their parents so I'd hate to see them in major trouble just because they trusted their kids and made an error in judgement. If they were aware though then throw the book at them too!

Glad the party was broken up by the police. There were parties going on late last night and early this morning - wonder if any of them were raided? I wish there was some way for law enforcement to catch the adults that are furnishing the alcohol as well as the minors who are drinking. In my humble opinion, the adults are more to blame than the kids and should be caught and fined.

to tosa, i noticed my oops which you will find on the page with my other note. I am with you hurrah for printing articles such as this. I just read the article wrong and thought it had just said THE INTERSECTION OF..................and didnt read that it also stated what corner. I am all for this being reported .

So where is this house again? and when is the next party...let's call in the FBI next time.

It is amazing to me that so many people comment here and are so misinformed! People are "bad mouthing" Ritnour for good reason. And those of you that are defending him have not YET had him senselessly attack you or someone you know! Here's a thought! Why don't you actually follow these cases?! Go to the hearings and see with your own eyes what taxpayers are getting for their money! If you have ever actually sat through more than one hearing you would see that Ritnour nor his associates are EVER prepared for Court! This isn't about cleaning up Gage County, this is ONLY about numbers and Ritnour's personal political agenda! Get a clue people! If you are going to comment than at least have enough knowledge to back it up! The numbers are there in black and white AND they don't lie! Most people simply have no clue they have a right to half of this information! Ritnour is going to bankrupt this county and accomplish nothing!

I grew up here and like everyone else drank as a minor.

Just what is it that you would want the kids to do, stay home and study?

There is absolutely nothing for these kids to do, just like every other small town across America. You can only go to the movies so many times and skating gets old too--even though both are fun, but not "cool".

So whats the plan? Whats going to stop the drinking? Not a thing! You get a ticket, you pay the fine and off to the next party you go because there is not anything else to do.

its ashamed to see what kids will do when parents set poor examples or don't intervene. It wasn't too long ago that we lost a beautiful young person who came from a family that partook and still partakes regularly, and others are still getting in trouble. Come on moms and dads, it starts at home....

TO: "get a clue"....i have been to some hearings and they have been prepared from what I saw. How can you say Ritnour is going to bankrupt us. The city is already doing that, along with the state.

Enough with the Ritnour issue!!! What bothers me most is that this party got reported and others do not. If the "right" kids are involved, it never makes the newspaper. But if "wrong" kids are involved, it makes the headlines!! How many other parties have been broken up by the police in the past year, and that NEVER makes the paper. I understand that an Beatrice police officers son was at a party last winter when it was raided. EVERYONE else was issued MIPs but he was instructed to leave!! We have big problems in Beatrice. (I realize the BDS will probably not print this.)

I am amazed at the stupidity of people. No wonder this society is so messed up these days. I am sure that the BPD was not out "looking" for a party - they were probably taking care of all the idiots that don't drink responsibly, the ones that take things that belong to others, or the ones out vandalizing things. The party was called in by someone - so???!!! Your problem with that is what? I can't believe there are so many parents out there that think it is ok for the teenagers to go out and drink, just because they did it when they were young. Most of them are the same parents that buy their children alcohol, allow their children to have parties at their house and then try to get their children out of trouble when they get caught. I have attended a few funerals of teenagers killed from drinking and driving or from someone else who was drinking and driving. Wake up parents!!!!! You will be the one having a fit and wanting someone in big trouble when it is your teenager they a scraping off the side of the road. TO CONCERNED MOM: You are so right. Those cheerleaders should have been given tickets. But the Wymore police department chose NOT to step up and try to handle the teenage drinking problem one more time - from what I hear that is par for the course down there. If those girls' parents would make them take responsibility for their actions instead of defending their actions, maybe they could learn from their mistakes. One set of parents has hired an attorney to fight the school expulsion and another is trying to find out who turned them in because they don't think it is right they got caught. Intelligent isn't it.

They got caught because someone called about a party, Is that a big accomplishment of the BPD? Hopefully when they do go to court it will be Winter, then instead of a fine they can make them all shovel snow from city sidewalks.

Absolutely nobody has said what the solution is to the issue. Ritnour (for a change) is not to blame, BPD is not to blame, and the parents are not completely at fault either.

But, what is there for these kids to do that is enjoyable. Not a darn thing people.

Families are too busy trying to make money in order to survive. There is no Quality Family time lef today.

When I was a kid I spent all my time with my family all year doing outside activities, etc... And SURPRISE there was very rarely any alcohol.

Because you broke the law to drink you think it is ok for our children to do the same? How many kids grew up in this environment and died or were in car accidents? You people who said " I did it, so what if my kids do it" Would you be ok if my kid was drunk and crashed into your kids car and killed your child? Would you be ok with that? Just warn him and send him to the next party? I think of SS all the time. How beautiful she was and her whole life was ahead of her.

If it was just a matter of "nothing to do" then kids in Lincoln and Omaha wouldn't be drinking. It goes beyond that. It is the community's tolerance toward it.

I too grew up in Beatrice. And guess what? I NEVER went to a party that had alcohol. I must have led a sheltered life. How did I ever turn out to be a contributing member of society without getting drunk every weekend while I was going to BHS? Somehow my friends and I managed to find things to do without doing anything ILLEGAL! My parents set a curfew and I had better be there. They let me have friends over to their house to have a party without alcohol. Gasp! Guess what, we had fun and can remember it all.

It really is too bad that the PARENTS aren't stepping up to the plate and doing something about this problem. I don't care if you did it when you were younger. It was ILLEGAL then too.

The minors in this article were mostly students from Southeast Community College 19-20 year olds. So all of you referring to BHS students are off on another tract.

I grew up in Beatrice and graduated BHS. I moved out of Beatrice the day after I graduated and never even thought of moving back. I was part of the party crowd when I was in high school and was MIP'ed before, unfortunately that didn't stop me. It just made me be more carefull. No you can't stop the drinking in Beatrice but you can try to make these kids smarter.
I now live in a small town and I will find other things for my children to do and make sure I know where they are and what they are doing at all times. I know my mom tried but she was doing it on her own and working 2 jobs so she had no chance.
Instead of blaming the police where were the parents when these kinds were out drinking. My mom knew I drank and knew there was nothing she could do because she was always working but that didn't stop her from trying and grounding me. I'm sure some of these kids were back out the next night drinking again.
Small towns and drinking don't have to go hand and hand although they seem to. All of you who are complaining about nothing else for these kids to do, find something, make a rec center. complaining gets you no where actions do.

The solution is to make getting an MIP hurt the youth like picking up trash, mowing, raking etc at 5 a.m. for five weekends not only would our taxes go down but they would REALLY regret getting picked up. Why cant the hurt be put on the kid instead of the parent, the parent pays the fine and the kid goes scott free!!

I was at this party you refer to as the son of a police officer was there. Yes he was there and he was not drinking along with other. He was NOT i repeat NOT the only one that was not given a ticket. Those who were not drinking that night did not get tickets. Please know the facts before you "quote" them.

In reply to the minor who said he/she was also at the party where a police officer's son was: So you were at a party where there was alcohol and you were NOT drinking? I find that hard to believe. Did you just get there before the police so you had no chance to start drinking? That would make more sense.

I, as a teenager went to MANY a parties and did not drink -- or smoke weed... Because I knew the consequences if when I got home, my parents knew!!!

I went to parties almost every weekend, and never drank or did drugs, not because it wasn't offered to me, but because I could go to a party and have a good time without those things....

FYI - NETV recently aired a show called "Your Kids are Drinking" I think everyone with preteens, teens, grandkids, etc. should take the time out to watch this. It certainly pulls the blinders off. It actually airs interviews teens from Beatrice and other towns. It's worth the time and if nothing else, it gives you something to talk about with your kids.

http://www.netnebraska.org/extras/kidsdrinking/

Everyone who has taken up issue with this should go to the website above and watch the program that recently aired on NET. This is one of the best films I've seen on underage drinking, and it points the finger of blame squarely where it belongs: on ALL of us. Kids, parents, police, business owners, alcohol industry, educators, etc. -- we ALL have a stake in this.

On another note -- kids dying from alcohol poisoning and car crashes are 2 of the horrible endings we see when kids drink, but they're not the only 2. Alcoholism runs rampant among people who began drinking at an early age. Sexual assaults and physical violence goes hand in hand with alcohol abuse. Property damage, vandalism, burglary, self-injury, and many other societal ills are the result of alcohol. And guess who foots the bill? YOU. ME. ALL of us. This isn't a victimless crime like so many choose to believe. Wake up and do whatever your can to make sure kids in Beatrice AREN'T drinking.

To Beatrice Resident, just because minors are at a party where drinking is going on does NOT MEAN all of them are drinking. Some minors in this town does know right from wrong. Yes being a minor and drinking is totally wrong. But before you go and point fingers you should know if everybody is drinking. Personally your last comment was totally rude and uncalled for.

it is almost a competition these days for minors to see how many mip's they can get....a ticket will not do anything to stop thim i promise you.....minors will continue drinking untill the end of time...!

It is a wonder that this newspaper had nothing else to print, but about 9 teenagers getting busted for MIP.
To the reporters that wrote this report...Where is the bullets of the following: Who supplied the alcohol? What business did they buy it from? Who are the parents of the teenagers?
I bet the reason why those answers are not here is due to the Beatrice Police Department patting themselves on the back for a half-baked job.
If the Beatrice Police Department want to put pressure on teenagers drinking, then put the parents on the newspaper, blotter, etc. I believe that this would improve the community tremendously because the parents be disgraced. But on another point, it proves that alcohol should not be sold at supermarkets, convenience markets, and everywhere else. This problem is a society problem because it is so acceptable to see it everywhere.