OMEN
04-02-2008, 12:33 PM
No-Alcohol Party Makes Point About Suspensions
Cars lining the street. A house full of young people. A keg. Drinking games.
Police spotted what they thought was an underage drinking party and made dozens of teens take a breathalyzer test. None tested positive for alcohol.
This was a root-beer kegger hosted by a high school student who wanted to show that teens don't always drink alcohol at their parties.
It has gained fame on the Internet site YouTube, where thousands have watched a five-minute video of police testing the teens.
Dustin Zebro, 18, said he staged the party after friends at D.C. Everest High School got suspended from sports because of pictures showing them drinking from red cups.
The root-beer kegger was "to kind of make fun of the school," he said. "They assumed there was beer in the cups. We just wanted to have some root beer in red cups and just make it look like a party, but there actually wasn't any alcohol."
Zebro purchased a quarter-barrel of 1919 Classic American Draft Root Beer from a local grocery store and by 10 p.m. on a Saturday night the scene outside his rural Wausau home had all the makings of a teen drinking party.
Kronenwetter Police Chief Daniel Joling said an officer was dispatched to the home March 1 on an anonymous complaint of cars blocking the roadway, and he determined seven had to be moved.
Associated Press
Cars lining the street. A house full of young people. A keg. Drinking games.
Police spotted what they thought was an underage drinking party and made dozens of teens take a breathalyzer test. None tested positive for alcohol.
This was a root-beer kegger hosted by a high school student who wanted to show that teens don't always drink alcohol at their parties.
It has gained fame on the Internet site YouTube, where thousands have watched a five-minute video of police testing the teens.
Dustin Zebro, 18, said he staged the party after friends at D.C. Everest High School got suspended from sports because of pictures showing them drinking from red cups.
The root-beer kegger was "to kind of make fun of the school," he said. "They assumed there was beer in the cups. We just wanted to have some root beer in red cups and just make it look like a party, but there actually wasn't any alcohol."
Zebro purchased a quarter-barrel of 1919 Classic American Draft Root Beer from a local grocery store and by 10 p.m. on a Saturday night the scene outside his rural Wausau home had all the makings of a teen drinking party.
Kronenwetter Police Chief Daniel Joling said an officer was dispatched to the home March 1 on an anonymous complaint of cars blocking the roadway, and he determined seven had to be moved.
Associated Press