WESTFIELD – “If you’re going to do something stupid, don’t post a video of it” said Det. Lt. David Ragazzini, offering a life lesson while reporting a violation of a city ordinance.
The video in question showed a young man – who did not appear to be of legal drinking age – drinking a beer while standing next to a city patrol car in the Westfield Police Department parking lot.
Community policing officer Chris Coach reports he was able to identify the 17-year-old college student who admitted that he was the person in the video and that he had been drinking beer. The young man told Coach that he was embarrassed and apologized to him.
Coach issued two $100 city ordinance violation citations; one for being a person younger than the legal age in possession of alcohol and another for possession of a open container of alcohol in public.
