"Criminal charges sought in teen's death; Man obtained rum for girl who died at party, police say" by John R. Ellement, Globe Staff | December 17, 2008
Police in Plainville are seeking criminal charges against a 19-year-old man who allegedly supplied alcohol to a 17-year-old high school senior who drowned in October at an outdoor party in Norfolk.
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For my view on Friday night football, see: F*** Friday Night Football
Police Chief Edward Merrick said in a telephone interview yesterday that investigators believe Brian Zuzick of Plainville obtained two bottles of rum - one for his sister, and the second for Taylor Meyer.
Don't you think the kids feel BAD ENOUGH ALREADY?
Meyer was found dead Oct. 20 in swampy land near the site of the former airport in Norfolk. A senior at King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham, Meyer disappeared Oct. 17 after attending a party in the area.
How come the football aspect of it doesn't get a mention, agenda-pushing press?
Merrick said the investigation shows that Zuzick asked a 21-year-old friend who lives in North Attleborough to buy the alcohol. The friend then provided the alcohol to Zuzick, who gave it to his sister, Paige, and Meyer, in the Zuzick family home on the evening of Oct. 17, the police chief said.
Then HOW COME HE and the LIQUOR STORE aren't being charged?
In fact, WHY is ALCOHOL LEGAL, anyway?
Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating said in a telephone interview yesterday that the investigation is ongoing. Merrick said investigators will ask a clerk magistrate at Wrentham District Court to charge Brian Zuzick with procuring alcohol for a minor and for purchasing alcohol as a minor.
"Despite the ramifications of this case, his charges are only misdemeanors," Merrick said. A hearing date was not yet set. If convicted and given the maximum penalty, Zuzick faces up to one year in prison and a $2,000 fine for procuring alcohol for a minor and a 180-day suspension of his driver's license for purchasing alcohol as a minor, the chief said.
Zuzick did not return a telephone call to his family's home in Plainville yesterday.
Zuzick is at least the second person to face charges in connection with the party that led to Meyer's death. In October, 18-year-old Christopher Moran of Norfolk pleaded not guilty to charges he brought beer from home to the party that drew about 20 underage drinkers, authorities have said.
Meyer's mother, Kathi, did not return a telephone call seeking comment last night. Last month, 22 teenagers were arrested in Wrentham for attending an underage drinking party. Some wore pink bracelets in Meyer's honor. Merrick said he will attend a panel discussion addressing adolescent substance abuse and associated parental strategies at King Philip tonight.
Why are kids wanting to drink anyway? It's not like the culture is glamorizing such immoral behavior?
But the Boston cops got time to cruise the strip, bust brothels, hang out in bars and buy drugs, as well as pose as panhandlers!!
What, no RAPES, ROBBERIES (Madoff) or MURDERS to solve?
