on March 23rd 2024 an officer from the monomane police department was driving when he saw a group of people drinking and littering beer cans while they were walking on a public sidewalk gentlemen how you guys doing tonight good are you guys 21 I'll take the silence as a no we're just on our way to our dorm okay well you shouldn't have beer cans in your hand when walking on the road and you shouldn't be littering either yes sir we'll pick them up I'll be reasonable with you I just need your IDs okay yes sir I don't even have my I I got have a picture of my ID if that's okay I don't I need wallet with me sure House parties look a little bit more active tonight than they usually are so first weekend from spring break is that your fake ID it is yeah okay I'll take that too yes sir you got a fake ID too no sir no you got a fake ID no here's a picture of my ID sir do you don't have your wallet on you at all I do not I probably turn around for me yes okay I believe you you you have to move that for me I apologize yeah you want my Stout ID as well I don't watch St do you have your driver's license I do not that's in my uh wallet in my dorm okay um you two are under 21 I take it as well you guys have been drinking too yeah okay okay well you guys weren't carrying beer cans so I'm not going to hem you guys up so um and you guys didn't run if you would have ran I would have caught one of you and one of you would have gone to jail so I'll just I'll just be I'll be straightforward with you I would have driven the car through the yard chase you down I would have done that so um we also do um bar checks here in town and we use underagers to do so uh we only choose people that are cooperative and not kids about the process and use that process as an opportunity to say work off your citations so uh you will be considered for that if everything goes well here tonight for you guys okay got you what's your name sir Ethan L yes uh first name e t h a a n yeah Ethan yeah Wisconsin ID or Minnesota Illinois Illinois what's your full middle name you have to look at your phone to tell them your middle name what no I I know you had to look at your ID I I was just like looking on to make I don't know what's your date of birth Ethan 2005 May 23rd yes sir tra that do sound good uh phone number for you Ethan 815 and what's your local address it would be I don't know where that is where do you live in the city of monomon oh I'm sorry um I live in hkmc I apologize I thought you meant my home address no your local address uh what part of hkmc um jck J spell it for me c h i is it DN g i I don't know N N I believe shinuk I believe so I I I've never really pronounced it that what uh what room number okay what's your what's your name yeah y That's what is your phone number uh 715 what's your local address uh 20 or like here yep uh it's uh I'm in J uh I think hkmc what sorry what room number again I think I think I I don't know I he did he did just move I moved in this semester I'm sorry I how do you get home at night that how do you get home I yeah no I I I'm I'm with you I'm with you I'm with you The Corner Room across from the bathroom it works for okay um will you will you grab these two on the right ID these two on the right information you guys got IDs on you or just getting I believe yeah oh he's grabbed your IDs already did he gra your guys information both of our information who's got the beer I think I got one can here backpacks dump them out yes sure what is your first name Taylor this have no beer yeah and last name actually dump them out for me like no no it's no I mean like dump the cans out oh like empty them so there's not alcohol in them anymore I understand I got what is your dat bir taylor4 you your licens to Wisconsin yes what is the local address for you uh the okay oh I got you yeah and telephone number for you 608 9 you uh Jacob j o v middle initial uh I didn't spell the last name and what's your date of birth 04 telephone number for you 715 three an address for you uh and address rep uh all right you guys all been drinking tonight I have been yes see you can look back no I trust you you guys just had a house [Applause] party it clear out or is there going to be more of you wandering I believe everybody like we might were yeah we might have been the last people out of that party right guessing he's going to grab a breath test from you guys here quick and we'll get you on your way sounds good smell the beer now I can smell the beer now yeah they D it out do this for me grab that too that's your souvenir 43 down yes please still have 10 stop right now T do you mind if I stop out there with you I got a couple questions about my Assa battery I got to ask him de 083 I your first name bud you don't have to I just need the first you can take that tube too please how much you've been drinking tonight a few or two a few or two not necessarily I don't know what a few or two is I'm going try that again somewhere between five and six I'd say about the last couple hours what's your first name Ethan Ethan CL do that again for me yes sir grab that you get two of them tonight luy day are you take it are you four all friends yeah like good friends okay um what's going to happen tonight is uh for now um You two are getting tickets okay um go ahead do any of you have prior uh U citations under yeah yes sir I have one who gave I am not familiar with the cop's name was it here in town or okay one one I don't know when we're going to do them but we're going to do them sometime in the near future um and I'm going to give um your guys' information to officer Hackle um who is in charge of the will you get your PBT this thing weird um I'll give him your guys information um and he'll reach out to you guys um I don't know when uh hopefully sometime in the near future and then if you guys work with him and do what we need you guys to do then um that would be beneficial for both of you and also for you I'm going to kind of hang on to your guys' stuff over your head um for now uh I could write you a $500 ticket for your fake ID I'm not going to do that I'm going to take it from you um your other one that you have in your dorm room you should probably throw that one away cuz I'm pretty sure they come and pairs too and if you get caught with that then I'm I'll write you for this one so okay so it's not worth it like you guys will turn 21 soon enough like there I trust this one now blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow 10 grab that tube if you can just get her too and even if you guys were 21 none of you'd be even safe to drive a vehicle so just so you're aware so that means no driving no driving a car tomorrow morning either so what was your first name was it Jacob Jacob yeah all right I'll be right back I'll be right back thank so at least to me a smart decision on walking what's that you made a smart decision on walking yeah no we never d you just want to grab your tube off there for me thank you so you're actually under just so you know if you were of age okay did he kind of explain you the diversion program what we do as far as that goes we just look for couple people that are Cooperative to go do compliance checks and then yes sir in exchange for that we basically make the tickets go away so it's pretty sweet deal for you we don't go out and advertise it but people that are Cooperative with us we like to helps us out cuz I obviously don't look fonny anymore right so did he say is he writing you guys tickets too or just these two just those two for sure us too were you guys walking and drinking or what let said uh unfortunately yes yeah that would that would do it yeah probably wasn't My Brightest decision I'd say yeah there's there's a few ways you can draw your cops to you and that's one of them I do you see my number was you were what 08 something you were a 11 111 wow I don't really I mean I don't I don't I don't know how that happened to be honest with you you guys can start packing up your bags again too if you want to throw your you want me to put the empties in here yeah you can just throw the empties in there it's fine I don't like think I'm I can tell you if you were driving and you were one one you'd be going to jail T yes whatever you feel like now keep that in mind for the future if you ever think about getting behind the wheel because I did not think I was that high to be completely honest with you that's typically what most people say when I put the handcuffs on them I I will definitely keep that in my mind usually it's I've had a couple and then it's sure I didn't think I was that bad about Times Winter came in huh it has to be the coldest night K shoot you said you've gotten one before monomon I have yes sir how long ago was that it would have been early November okay so last year yeah I what was the outcome of that did you go to court and pay it or yeah I was I had to do some some class or some something along those lines yeah we typically do a diversion program okay so as in I the I'm guessing realistically you're not eligible just based on the fact because of you had just had one back in November but unfortunately but I was hunting that weekend house party or what that night I that that was just in my dorms oh that sucks I was I was to safe to say I wasn't very happy about it if someone just told us to I mean you know a little knock say quiet down would have been a little warning would have been nice but instead there was pretty much just straight a cop in my door and why'd you open your door I didn't know that was a rule I figured I saw someone with a a badge and I thought I had to open the door apparently don't have to do that yeah wasn't too happy about that one does the University do any type of penalties or anything when you get under ages or uh I mean technically I'm Wonder like housing probation if you will cuz cuz of it was on campus yeah but I mean I don't really know what that entails the guy never fully described it to me so um according to him as long as long as I'm quoting him though as long as I'm not serving or dealing hard drugs I won't be kicked off campus what he don't so do you mind if I asked what this ticket will mean yeah it's it's a forfeiture it's not a crime the ordinance ticket um sometimes there's a penalty attached to your driver's license or they'll suspend it but if you do the diversion program then that won't happen so and that usually entails it's it's an 8 hour class typically where you just got to go in and talk to talk in a group explain your situation sure okay yeah go but as far as employment and stuff goes shouldn't have any negative effect on that no it's just it's just an ordinance violation there's no criminal it won't go your record type stuff it does but it goes away it'll show up as a forfeiture and then I think after is it okay if I ask if my parents will be notified we don't cuz you're over over the age of 18 so we don't I mean I'll text them anyway didn't want the law enfor no we we don't go out of a way to do that if you were under 18 we'd reach out to your parents but because you're an adult you're an adult you can have that conversation with them if you want sure I got you same if they were to call in and ask for details we're not going to give them any information cuz good thing I worked over spring break huh yeah I didn't there goes that cash I did but I was going to spend on stuff that would get me another ticket so just going to hang out in my dorm room what are you guys going to school for construction management mechanical engineering packaging interior design okay how long you guys got left freshman so we got three years freshman two in one year huh not a good start I'm not on a good path I tell it down dude the third one gets really expensive I can tell you that that's what I've I saw the numbers on when I sign the ticket last time do you want us to go pick up those beer cans that we did you throw some over there when you guys were walking yeah he saw us do it figured oh he said it was littering I he'll probably have me do that when he comes back out and G you the tickets yeah I not to get one good have been a sunny summer night you guys just had spring break right your back classes back this week back a lot more people downtown tonight than there ones yeah Ghost Town the other week never should have been I doubt anyone was here last weekend yeah does uh Stout make you live in the dorms your first year years two years really wow that's a long time oh yeah a lot of money too I would imagine yeah they forc you on a meal plan too yeah oh that's a cash grab bank took quite a hit ni One thing monom is nice it's got pretty affordable housing once you want to get off campus I'm not too pissed about meal plant it's only $3 for the cins the money the money Spenders is the MC of course it's like 14 times better food but so when you were talking about the other the other plan you guys said you guys use so that is like separate from like paying a fine or it's the same thing or the what the diversion thing we're talking about with like with the the controlled buy thing yeah um yeah that's different that's just something we we don't advertise that it's just something if you're Cooperative we we like to throw it out there cuz we're not looking to jam up people there being Cooperative we get it kids are young they go out they drink they do stuff and we just want people to be responsible um that's nice but it helps us with with the compliance check stuff cuz sure understand it was probably before your guys' time here but rehab or Diablo blue is town that used to be Rehab bar they had 70 underagers in there the one night drinking at the bar that was the last night they were open that is well I tell you dude there was like 10 people that got a ticket in my dorm that night yeah do you guys do you guys actually drive down for October Fest that lacrosse yeah no okay cuz there's like a lot there's a lot of cops in October Fest no I used to work down Lacrosse County though so I'm very familiar with that well no that first night I think it was like a Thursday I was just walking around and there was like there's I saw like a group we bring people in from from everywhere yeah Lacrosse County a busy area during that time 4 days down there is pretty pretty wild sure sure but you know it's the same thing down there like if you're not acting stupid yeah that's don't draw the cops to which you'd be surprised how many people can't manage to do that yeah know I I I would bet I would bet I was going to say no way we're getting three cops thanks than there's that there's that there's that yours is more expensive cuz that's your second one indeed it unfortunately is those have mandatory court dates yes sir okay um but like I said the deal still stands that I'm going to talk to our officer that does the compliance and he needs to do that I'll make him do that in the near future um and I'll have him reach out to you guys and that depends on group cooperation for your guys' stuff for the other stuff for the littering and the open container stuff and that goes I asked in you want us to go get them yes please um let me finish my Spiel here um and then you guys are only here because of them and I wasn't going to make you stay um that's why I'm not going to write you a ticket so okay uh but if that that means obviously we know you've been drinking um and we we know that uh if you work with officer Hackle um then we'll forgive that so sir does that make sense yes sir does anybody have any questions about our contact today yeah I so he said that since it's my second one I might be not involved in the I wasn't sure on how they did that I'm not sure I'm not sure I think we need people yeah I I would be more than willing so um at least for their sake so whether or not that's for your sake I don't know so okay and then uh you figure out what address you actually live at for future reference oh do I not sorry when you get home today look at your door it might be I'm sorry I I just moved into the semester I didn't really look at the door um I had terrible handwriting on your your phone number though I need to make sure that I wrote that down was it 470 okay I got it right then so so we're good okay so you guys have fun study hard and don't carry around beer cans and you probably he probably be better off so have a good night