Welcome Week rivals Little 500 in citations

Indiana State Excise Police issued 138 tickets, nearly all alcohol related, to 75 people during IU’s Welcome Week from Aug. 25 to 28, according to an Excise news release.

Out of those 138 tickets, 61minors were cited for illegal possession of alcohol, 32 minors cited for offenses related to false ID’s and 29 minors cited for making a false statement of age to an alcohol business. There were nine adults who were cited for providing alcohol to minors and seven others were cited for other related crimes, according to the release.

Monroe County CARES provided a grant allowing for more law enforcement during Welcome Week.

“In the last few years, individual excise officers have written more tickets during Welcome Week than during IU’s Little 500,” said Excise Officer Travis Thickstun in the news release.

- Alex Benson