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Charges of Social Host Liability for Providing Alcohol to Minors Does Not Issue After Clerk Magistrate Hearing
On Halloween night of this year our clients, husband and wife, were home with their younger children. One child, high school aged, was permitted to have some friends at the home. Around 7:30 our clients noticed that one of the guests was visibly intoxicated. They immediately called the police and the parents of all underaged people at the home. The police arrived and observed what they called a “significant” amount of alcohol in the basement. Notwithstanding the fact that our clients had done everything the right way, the police department applied for a criminal complaint against our clients asking for charges of providing alcohol to a minor to be issued. This is a crime under G.L. c. 138 section 34. Attorney Neyman was hired. Today, after a clerk magistrate hearing, the complaint did not issue.
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