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.

Good info, that number seems pretty low to me but maybe im wrong. I see it doubled but two hundred and some arrests over a whole month seems pretty good. I know football weekends here in Iowa City you can find a solid 200 arrests from drinking

there were people from jersey there ..other then my group????

ha.. i thought we were 32 out of 20k people

Finally legal haha

Being from england i think your drinking age being 21 is abit silly it just slows development down and people are back at takeing alchohol till older

what is the drinking age for you anyway?

Its 18 in the UK. im coming over to central florida for my 21st shortly should be good fun :)

Is this Trigger from the CancunCares forum??

Yes

I frequented CC for a bit back last fall building up the SB anticipation since this board wasn't moving much at the time. Was just a bystander though. So why did you make the switch? Any case, welcome aboard!

Ive been Cancun the Last 3 years so thought a change of scenery was in order looking at the pictures and videos seems to be that much more happens within the day time in panama be it sponsors and stages with live bands , contests etc didnt get that in cancun its all centred around the hotels guess this is due to it being all inclusive everywhere.

think im looking at 1 week cancun then 2 weeks panama :P bye bye liver lol