Deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office issued approximately 267 citations to underage drinkers during this year’s eight-week Spring Break period. That compares to 141 last year.

High School students made up more than half the number of offenders cited for underage alcohol possession– with 166 citations.

Here’s a partial breakdown on the notices to appear:

LOUISIANA: 29 college students 54 high school students
ALABAMA: 22 college students 30 high school students
MISSISSIPPI: 17 college students 11 high school students
GEORGIA: 9 college students 12 high school students
LOCALS: 2 college students 7 high school students

Underage alcohol possession citations were also written to multiple students from the states of Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Indiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, and New Jersey.

In addition, deputies also made Spring Break arrests involving five cases of battery, ten cases of possession of marijuana, and nineteen cases of retail theft. Other charges filed included trespassing, possession of fraudulent identification, and one grand theft. No sexual batteries were reported.

Sgt. Ted Pecot of the Sheriff’s Office Beach and Marine Unit says the goal was prevention – to make contact with underage Spring Breakers who were drinking and prevent them from getting intoxicated and causing other problems.

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