More citations issued at Welcome Week than at Little 500

Welcome Week may top Little 500 when it comes to alcohol-related tickets.

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, 61 were to minors cited for illegal possession of alcohol, 32 were to minors cited for offenses related to false ID’s and 29 were to 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 who 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.