33 Charged With Underage Drinking At FAMILY VALUES Concert; 13 Others Arrested
33 Charged With Underage Drinking At FAMILY VALUES Concert; 13 Others Arrested - Aug. 10, 2007
Michelle Sahn of the Asbury Park Press reports: Some 33 people were charged with underage drinking at the Family Values Tour concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey Wednesday (August 8), and 13 other people were arrested on various other charges, including assaulting a trooper, State Police said.
A total of 46 people, ranging in age from 16 to 47, were taken into custody during the show, which featured KORN, EVANESCENCE and other bands.
Of the 33 people charged with underage drinking, four were juveniles: two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds, State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones said.
In addition, State Police said they also arrested an Aberdeen man, who is accused of spitting at a trooper, and a Brick man, who is accused of hitting a security guard.
Paul M. Mirfield, 24, of Aberdeen, was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and aggravated assault on a trooper, Jones said.
Brendan P. Mess, 24, of Brick, was charged with aggravated assault on a trooper, resisting arrest, defiant trespass and simple assault.
Mess was arrested after an arts center security officer approached him because he saw him trespassing, police said. Mess hit the guard, then fled, Jones said.
A trooper caught up to Mess, but in the struggle to take him into custody, the trooper injured his knee, Jones said.
Troopers also arrested Jennifer Y. Difino, 22, of Brick, and charged her with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and defiant trespass.
Police said 10 adults were charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, including one — a 19-year-old — who also was charged with underage drinking.
A 21-year-old New York woman was charged with serving alcohol to minors, Jones said.
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