Kegs seized in police raid near campus
As downtown bars empty, costume clad patrons take to the street
Fanshawe students found themselves on the wrong side of the law after they had their alcohol seized from a house party near the college on Prosperity Court.
On October 27 London Police removed kegs of beer and some miscellaneous alcohol from the house under the Liquor Licence Act, which states that in order to sell alcohol, a licence must be obtained in advance.
“London Police executed a liquor act search warrant for an address on Prosperity Court,” Said Constable Amy Phillipo after the incident. “Five kegs, along with liquor, two keg pumps and cups were seized. All were students from Fanshawe.”
The search took place around 8 p.m. that evening at a party that had been advertised on Facebook, and was expected to attract anywhere from 60 to 70 students, which is much smaller than the parties that have made headlines in recent weeks.
As for the students who were throwing the party, and the alcohol seized, the police took action in both cases.
“As a result, the five occupants of that residence have been charged with unlawfully selling liquor [under] the Liquor license act,” continued Phillipo. “What happens to the beer is that it is seized as a crown seizure and I believe the alcohol is disposed of and the kegs returned to the beer store.”
The police reported that there were not any more large disturbances that weekend and that if any parties took place, they remained under control and didn't incite any complaints.
Unfortunately that could not be said for a large group of young adults in downtown London, who later that evening once the bars and clubs had closed, filled the area surrounding Richmond Row with some 500 people strong and, for the most part, dressed up in Halloween costumes. The partiers began throwing beer bottles and, being the industrious type, other objects into the streets.
The fuss resulted in seven charges for public intoxication, according to Phillipo, who continued by saying that as far as the police know, no one was hurt. That is, except for the LPS pockets, in that one of their cruisers suffered $500 in damages after having been hit with a flying chair.
Fanshawe students found themselves on the wrong side of the law after they had their alcohol seized from a house party near the college on Prosperity Court.
On October 27 London Police removed kegs of beer and some miscellaneous alcohol from the house under the Liquor Licence Act, which states that in order to sell alcohol, a licence must be obtained in advance.
“London Police executed a liquor act search warrant for an address on Prosperity Court,” Said Constable Amy Phillipo after the incident. “Five kegs, along with liquor, two keg pumps and cups were seized. All were students from Fanshawe.”
The search took place around 8 p.m. that evening at a party that had been advertised on Facebook, and was expected to attract anywhere from 60 to 70 students, which is much smaller than the parties that have made headlines in recent weeks.
As for the students who were throwing the party, and the alcohol seized, the police took action in both cases.
“As a result, the five occupants of that residence have been charged with unlawfully selling liquor [under] the Liquor license act,” continued Phillipo. “What happens to the beer is that it is seized as a crown seizure and I believe the alcohol is disposed of and the kegs returned to the beer store.”
The police reported that there were not any more large disturbances that weekend and that if any parties took place, they remained under control and didn't incite any complaints.
Unfortunately that could not be said for a large group of young adults in downtown London, who later that evening once the bars and clubs had closed, filled the area surrounding Richmond Row with some 500 people strong and, for the most part, dressed up in Halloween costumes. The partiers began throwing beer bottles and, being the industrious type, other objects into the streets.
The fuss resulted in seven charges for public intoxication, according to Phillipo, who continued by saying that as far as the police know, no one was hurt. That is, except for the LPS pockets, in that one of their cruisers suffered $500 in damages after having been hit with a flying chair.
