Bath man accused of furnishing alcohol to teens

Submitted by Dennis Hoey on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 17:17

BATH -- The search for a missing 14-year-old girl on Halloween night has led to charges against an 18-year-old Bath man, who allegedly furnished alcohol to the girl and three other minors.

Lt. Stan Cielinsky said Ernest Watson was summonsed on charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor and endangering the welfare of a child -- both Class D misdemeanors. Watson is scheduled to appear in West Bath District Court on Dec. 8.

Police said they were called in to investigate a report that Watson had furnished alcohol to four underage girls in a wooded area behind the Bath YMCA. During the course of their investigation, Bath police learned that one of the girls had gone missing.

Officer Michelle Small, the department's K-9 officer, used Keylo to hunt for the girl, who was found lying in the woods on the ground. She was unconscious. The girl had to be transported to Midcoast Hospital where she was treated and released to her parents.

Cielinski said police are still trying to figure out where Watson acquired the alcohol. The youngest girl involved in the incident was 13 years old.

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Come on now this isn't the

Submitted by Terry Wood on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 22:33.
Come on now this isn't the 1950s, when you could get away with it. these kids sqeal on you now

Shouldn't the girls be

Submitted by b mi on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 19:14.

Shouldn't the girls be charged too (with possession by a minor by consumption).  If the state wants to use enforcement of liqour laws to deter underage drinking . . . enforce the law as applicable to all those involved.  Jus' sayin'