Rosie wants to come to town and spend time with her friends because she thinks she lives in the middle of nowhere and needs to hang out.  Rosie is thirteen so her Mom drives her to town.

She sees eleven of her school friends on Main Street, and they all talk about doing something fun because they are so bored.  They decided to chip in money and buy some beer, so they get Uncle Fred to buy them alcohol.

As a group, they walk up and down Main Street, drinking; their beer cans shine in the sun.

A Tribal Police Member drives by and stops.  What do you think happens next?

Would you believe that Rosie and everyone else who has a can of beer could each be charged with Minor in Possession of alcohol.  They could be given a ticket, and each would have to pay a $58 fine. 

Main Street is not a pub; it is a public place.  Rosie and her gang could also be given a ticket for Consuming Alcohol in Public, and each would have to pay another $58.

That’s a pretty costly can of beer; $116 per person so far.

All twelve of the youths are thirteen years old; the legal drinking age is nineteen.  Did you know that supplying alcohol to anyone under the age of nineteen is illegal and Uncle Fred could be given twelve tickets and have to appear in court to deal with the charges?  The penalty?  Well, that’s up to a Judge to decide.

Let’s recap;  twelve cans of beer cost $25.00.  Fines for these twelve people total almost $1,400.00.  Add on Uncle Fred’s penalties and we’ve got one really expensive walk down Main Street.