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Title: Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student
Post by: Ptarmigan on July 02, 2013, 09:45:30 AM
Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/bottled-water-purchase-leads-to-night-in-jail-for-u/article_45498018-e019-11e2-b98a-001a4bcf6878.html

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When a half-dozen men and a woman in street clothes closed in on University of Virginia student Elizabeth Daly, 20, she and two roommates panicked.

That led to Daly spending a night and an afternoon in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Her initial offense? Walking to her car with bottled water, cookie dough and ice cream just purchased from the Harris Teeter in the Barracks Road Shopping Center for a sorority benefit fundraiser.

A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents clad in plainclothes approached her, suspecting the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water to be a 12-pack of beer. Police say one of the agents jumped on the hood of her car. She says one drew a gun. Unsure of who they were, Daly tried to flee the darkened parking lot.
Title: Re: Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student
Post by: thundley4 on July 02, 2013, 10:01:02 AM
Talk about a major overreaction to the suspected illegal purchase of alcohol. I normally stand with law enforcement agencies but more and more it seems they are abusing their authority.
Title: Re: Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student
Post by: Ptarmigan on July 02, 2013, 10:08:03 AM
Talk about a major overreaction to the suspected illegal purchase of alcohol. I normally stand with law enforcement agencies but more and more it seems they are abusing their authority.

Same here. They went overboard.
Title: Re: Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for U.Va. student
Post by: Ptarmigan on July 05, 2013, 01:58:44 PM
911 Audio: Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Surrounds 20-Year-Old for Buying Bottled Water
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/05/911-operator-Virginia

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On Friday, radio host Rob Schilling revealed the audio of a stunning 911 call placed by one “Ann, Downey,” apparently a passenger in the car driven by 20-year-old Elizabeth Daly as Virginia law enforcement from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) surrounded the car. Daly was arrested on April 11, 2013, after she was surrounded by ABC agents who suspected that she had bought alcohol illegally due to her age. In fact, she had bought bottled water and cookie dough. While the officers surrounded the car, the passengers called 911.

I wonder what the ABC agents DU names are.  :mental: