Student pwned by Thefacebook and police

[mb]

On Jan 24th, this guy posts about a party online at the website www.thefacebook.com
"XXXX East Main St is having a 5 apt party on Feb 12th. There will be beer pong, flip cup, case race, cards, shooters, kegs and anything you can possibly think of involving drinking.
$5 to get into the entire party and there's a special suprise you get when you pay the door man.
ONE TIME SPECIAL OFFER: if you bring 5 people YOU can get in for free!!! "

I never saw the posting, but I got invited to it a few days before hand... I'm glad I didn't go, because the whole thing got fvcked up. Police were staking it out from across the street with cameras, and they had four undercovers on the inside. The guy was charged with a lot of stuff including something like operating an illegal business and of course providing alcohol to minors, among other charges I can't remember. They took all 5 kegs away, made them pour out every drop of liquor they had, and they took over $800 they made from the party.

Point of the story: don't post about parties on public websites!

 

[Orsorum]

WTF

Yeah, I had a guy brag about his friends' vandalising his apartment's office. He at least got an investigation started on him.

 

[TallBill]

hahaha, awesome i.. btw, they messed it up all.. its bring 5 girls and you get in for free.. not 5 people.. sounds like a sausage fest

 

[MacBaine]

nice

 

[Triumph]

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

 

[rh71]

business ? They can call it that ?

Liquor license issue or something ?

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Triumph
Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

illegal to charge?

 

[MrBond]

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

They charged admission - which isn't legal (might be a loophole for "charitable cause" - ie: admission money goes to a charity and nothing else, but that depends on local laws). If you charge money to enter a party then serve alcohol, I think they expect you have a liquor license.

They may let stuff like weddings/etc slide, but in a college town, they'll do whatever they can to bust college parties.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

They charged admission - which isn't legal (might be a loophole for "charitable cause" - ie: admission money goes to a charity and nothing else, but that depends on local laws). If you charge money to enter a party then serve alcohol, I think they expect you have a liquor license.

They may let stuff like weddings/etc slide, but in a college town, they'll do whatever they can to bust college parties.

Well, for weddings you usually are at an establishment that has a liquor license. I can't imagine having a bar at a backyard wedding and charging for drinks. That would be pretty tacky.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

They charged admission - which isn't legal (might be a loophole for "charitable cause" - ie: admission money goes to a charity and nothing else, but that depends on local laws). If you charge money to enter a party then serve alcohol, I think they expect you have a liquor license.

They may let stuff like weddings/etc slide, but in a college town, they'll do whatever they can to bust college parties.

They let weddings slide? Gee how nice of them. I don't know how they get married on your planet, around here weddings don't have cover charges.

 

[hdeck]

last time i checked you couldn't read anything on facebook without an account which requires that you actually go the school. :heart: narcs

 

[Queasy]

There was a story in the AJC (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) a couple of years back about someone who was posting details to a sex party somewhere in Atlanta all over yahoo groups message boards. They even had fliers put out somewhere. They were apparently selling beer so the cops used that to bust up the party and arrest everyone at the party including the guy who set it up. They discovered an underage girl engaging in sex acts with patrons at the party in the process of busting it up which made the situation worse for the idiots who set the party up. If I remember correctly, the ones who were just 'there' but weren't doing anything at the time of the bust later had the charges against them dropped.

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

They charged admission - which isn't legal (might be a loophole for "charitable cause" - ie: admission money goes to a charity and nothing else, but that depends on local laws). If you charge money to enter a party then serve alcohol, I think they expect you have a liquor license.

They may let stuff like weddings/etc slide, but in a college town, they'll do whatever they can to bust college parties.

Yeah those bastards. Such hypocrisy. In my town, people usually get busted for the city wide noise violation (enforced 24/7) If noise can be heard coming from your house/apt from the street then you are in violation. However the church right across the street from me rings its bells for about 10 minutes straight every Sunday morning at 9 am. Total BS.

 

[MrBond]

They let weddings slide? Gee how nice of them. I don't know how they get married on your planet, around here weddings don't have cover charges.

I didn't mean weddings having a cover charge, I ment something like a wedding being held at a place without a liquor license, but they have a cash bar anyway to cover the cost of alcohol, say a flat $2 per drink. I've been to a couple weddings held at reception halls where the hall didn't hold a license, but the hosts charged a small amount per drink because there were so many people.

Most of the weddings I've been to are open/no bar though. Maybe the above case is a rarity.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: hdeck
last time i checked you couldn't read anything on facebook without an account which requires that you actually go the school. :heart: narcs

Which annoys the heck out of me sicne they finally added my school a couple of months AFTER my email account was closed since I've already graduated...

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: hdeck
last time i checked you couldn't read anything on facebook without an account which requires that you actually go the school. :heart: narcs

Campus police can get .edu email accounts., and they can share that account with state police.

 

[crystal]

Uh.. when I had my wedding, I had to buy a day liscense for it and posted it at the resturant where there were alcohol.

 

[DaWhim]

:thumbsup:

 

[TonyG]

There was a highschool where I live, and the kid hosting it went about telling everybody about it a week before hand and handed out fliers for it with the address and whatnot. The police busted the party, and almost everyone there was atleast issued a ticket for underage drinking, and several were busted with pot. Last I heard alot of the charges were being dropped because people started claiming it was setup which I think is a load of b.s.
People really need to learn that parties should just happen on random nights, not set dates, especially if there is going to be any underage drinking or other substance use.

 

[MrBond]

Uh.. when I had my wedding, I had to buy a day liscense for it and posted it at the resturant where there were alcohol.

I didn't know that - shows how many weddings I've had

 

[cyclohexane]

wtf, even facebook is not secure anymore?

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: BroeBo

Originally posted by: MrBond

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

They charged admission - which isn't legal (might be a loophole for "charitable cause" - ie: admission money goes to a charity and nothing else, but that depends on local laws). If you charge money to enter a party then serve alcohol, I think they expect you have a liquor license.

They may let stuff like weddings/etc slide, but in a college town, they'll do whatever they can to bust college parties.

Yeah those bastards. Such hypocrisy. In my town, people usually get busted for the city wide noise violation (enforced 24/7) If noise can be heard coming from your house/apt from the street then you are in violation. However the church right across the street from me rings its bells for about 10 minutes straight every Sunday morning at 9 am. Total BS.

:roll:

 

[iversonyin]

They have violated a very important human right....

The right to party

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: dquan97

Originally posted by: BroeBo

Originally posted by: MrBond

Barring the alcohol to minors, I don't see the problem. Is it illegal to hold parties now?

They charged admission - which isn't legal (might be a loophole for "charitable cause" - ie: admission money goes to a charity and nothing else, but that depends on local laws). If you charge money to enter a party then serve alcohol, I think they expect you have a liquor license.

They may let stuff like weddings/etc slide, but in a college town, they'll do whatever they can to bust college parties.

Yeah those bastards. Such hypocrisy. In my town, people usually get busted for the city wide noise violation (enforced 24/7) If noise can be heard coming from your house/apt from the street then you are in violation. However the church right across the street from me rings its bells for about 10 minutes straight every Sunday morning at 9 am. Total BS.

:roll:

Tell me whats :roll: about this. I like to sleep in on Sundays and I don't need bells that serve no purpose keeping me awake.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Uh.. when I had my wedding, I had to buy a day liscense for it and posted it at the resturant where there were alcohol.

I didn't know that - shows how many weddings I've had

not true for everyone... we had it at a hotel (which is the same concept as a restaurant in terms of serving) and we didn't have to do anything about a liquor license ourselves. I think if they typically serve alcohol there, you're set with their license. Maybe unless the wedding party decides to sell/serve themselves ?