PORT ST. LUCIE – A 41-year-old Port St. Lucie woman was arrested on Nov. 1 for allowing teenagers to drink alcohol at her home on Halloween, according to police reports.
Officers responded to the 11000 block of Southwest Fieldstone Way, Port St. Lucie before midnight on Oct. 31, responding to multiple complaints about a disturbance in the area, with a large crowd of minors at a house party.
The state Department of Children and Family Services also was on the scene, having received similar reports that the resident, later identified as Audrey Elizabeth Mahaney, 41, allegedly was allowing house parties and permitting teenagers to consume alcohol on a regular basis, according to police reports.
Prior to officers and DCF approaching the home, a large crowd of teens were seen going in and out of the home and were gathering on the front lawn, which had scattered empty bottles of alcohol, according to police reports
Contact was made with Mahaney who was having her own gathering with adult friends in the home for Halloween and was allowing her two minor children to have their own guests.
During the course of the investigation, police learned that adults were not monitoring the teeangers’ activities or safety to prevent underage alcohol consumption, according to police reports.
Mahaney was arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor by allowing alcohol at a house party. She was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail where she posted a $150 bond and was released at 3:30 a.m., according to jail records.