Could I get a contributing to the delinquency of a minor citation through the mail?
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Could I get a contributing to the delinquency of a minor citation through the mail?
I have a question about giving alcohol to a minor. I was out buying a pizza and I was approached by a male who told me he was 20 years old. He asked me to buy him a 12 pack of beer and I initially didn’t want to but eventually said yes. Once I gave him the beer he left the parking lot and got pulled over by a police officer as soon as he did. I think it may have been planned. If so, I was wondering what type of trouble I would be in. I’ve never had anything like this happen before; I have a clean record. I was never actually stopped but could they just use my license plate number?
Asked on July 20, 2012 under Criminal Law, Indiana
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
It is entirely possible that you could be cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by mail since you used poor judgment in buying alcohol for an under age person through the mail. The question is how would law enforcement know that you actually bought alcohol for a minor if the minor did not know your name?
Just because your license plate could be tracked by law enforcement to you, such does not necessarily mean that you were driving your car that day and time.
I suggest that you learn from this error in judgment that you made.
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