Crime & Safety
Teens Charged With OUI and Underage Possession
The 16-year-old and 17-year-old face additional charges including resisting arrest.
A teen who fled police in a vehicle was charged with OUI, liquor.
Another teen who fled on foot was charged with possessing alcohol.
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Both of them face additional charges following an incident late Friday.
Police responded to a call at 11:11 p.m., reporting a suspicious vehicle parked for 15 to 20 minutes at Phillips Beach Avenue and Stonecleave Lane, according to a police report.
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Upon police's arrival, suspects fled on foot and a suspect in a motor vehicle fled.
The driver was 16, a Swampscott resident.
He was charged with OUI, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, failure to stop for police, speeding, being under 21 and possessing liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage, a learner's permit violation and disturbing the peace.
Police received a call about a youth jumping a fence and an open shed door on Phillips Beach Avenue.
The second person was apprehended on Littles Point Lane.
A K-9 was called in to help search for additional suspects.
The 17-year-old, also from Swampscott, was charged with resisting arrest, being under 21 and possessing liquor, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.
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