Police spot adults giving alcohol to minors in liquor store parking lot

A Wyomissing police officer saw a man in a car give money to his passenger about 8:45 p.m. March 16 in the parking lot of a liquor store in the 1100 block of Woodland Road in the borough. The second man – who is, presumably, over 21, then bought some alcohol (the police didn't report if it was wine or liquor) and gave it to the driver. The officer confronted the pair, and the passenger admitted he bought the booze for the driver, who was 20 years old. The passenger faces charges of buying and furnishing alcohol to a minor.

The next day, on St. Patrick's Day, an officer spotted a similar situation about 9:27 p.m. in the same parking lot. This time, police saw a person over 21 handing off alcohol from the liquor store to two women in a car, neither of whom was old enough to legally drink. They were cited and their supplier faces charges of providing alcohol to minors.

Three face charges after liquor purchase in Wyomissing

A Wyomissing police officer spotted two people giving a minor alcohol they bought about 7:47 p.m. April 9 from a liquor store in the 1100 block of Woodland Road in the borough. Police opted to cite the recipient of the booze for being underage, while the purchasers face charges of furnishing alcohol to minors.

Police have seen this kind of activity before at this strip mall: Underage would-be drinkers caught in Wyomissing and Man charged with giving alcohol to a minor

Three face charges following late-night patrol in West Reading park

A borough police officer on patrol at 10:30 p.m. found three people in West Reading Park after the park had closed. He found that one of them, who was under 21 was on probation and had been drinking, as well as smoking pot. A second man had an open container of alcohol. The third suspect, a girl, was taken to her home by another cop. The second man was allowed to leave, but after he did an officer found a marijuana blunt under the bench where he’d been sitting. After he was arrested he said the pot under the bench belonged to him. All three now face charges.

Wyomissing police believe driver to be more than just drunk

Borough police stopped a car for erratic driving at 2:19 a.m. June 14 at the intersection of Van Reed Road and North Wyomissing Boulevard in Wyomissing. The driver appeared to be “under the influence of alcohol and a controlled substance,” according to police, and was arrested.

Unwelcome sight for Wyomissing homeowner

A man called Wyomissing police about 1:40 a.m. June 13 to report a drunk person in front of his home in the first block of Devonshire Drive. Officers found the suspect, apparently inebriated and bleeding from cuts on his wrist and knees. He was arrested and cited.

Crowbar, knife and alcohol involved in Wyomissing fight

Shortly after midnight June 4, Wyomissing police responded to a call about a fight involving weapons in the first block of Woodland Road. When they arrived they found two men, one of them apparently drunk, and two weapons – a crowbar and a knife. The inebriated man was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness and police found an open scofflaw warrant on the other man.