What a waste of resources...free the cops to handle more important crimes. The drinking age should be 18.....with more information and education put out there about alcohol abuse issues. Most of these people are 19 or 20. They are adults at that point.

"...entering a premises licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages for the purpose of attempting to purchase alcohol while being under the legal age to do so"

Lots of unnecessary words in that charge.

$10.99 for a six of "Resurrection" beer, that's the real crime.

i for one will stop shopping at Buy Rite, a new store just opened....let the cops go do something that is "really" protecting us.

I'm pretty sure all of you bashing the police would have a different voice if one of these juvenile delinquents drove drunk into one of you or your loved ones cars... Good job Brick PD! I don't care what the law says 18 year-olds today are NOT adults. Yes legally they are, but they generally have ZERO sense of responsibility. Granted there are exceptions but the majority are no better off than their younger siblings.

Thats some expensive $100,000 cashiers.

How many cops in shops drank alcohol before they were 21 ????

I agree with others who stated that if you're old enough for military service you are old enough to have a beer. I've had that opinion for more than 50 years.

You should have to be 21 for a 20 oz soda too. After all, alcohol has medicinal purposes, soda does not... Just ask mayor nanny bloomberg!

Unbelievable , although it seems socially acceptable by parents around here that 21 Is the drinking Age ( like it or not) NOT 18, 19, or 20 the police where doing their job. I wonder how many of you would be saying the something is a 19 yr old drunk driver hit you or worse killed someone... You would all be pointed the finger at the liquor store & the family getting ready to sue the store If you have 18 year old that has the need to get drunk already, stop worry about the cops doing their job & get help for your kid

Funny that nanny state lovers , almost always seem to have a female name.

Also they seem to complain alot when they do not agree with the opinions of another poster.

Alot of what is wrong in this country is because of this PC.

It's the LAW they were enforcing, if you don't like the law get it changed, that is if there are enough like-minded people to do so.
Meanwhile, these semi-juveniles haven't enough sense to know when they've had too much to drink. I know, I had Navy shore patrol duty and had to rescue these so-called adults many times.......they may be old enough to serve in the military but they 're also too immature to know when they're too far gone. Protecting Navy drunks against creeps who would "roll" them or worse got to be pretty hairy at times.

Chief what a stupid thing to say...1) maybe the parents can actually do their job & not count on other people to do it for them ( although around here the parents are probably drinking with their kids since the Red lion has closed) 2) " its part of growing up" what??? breaking the law is part of growing up?? Well I guess that explains a lot of what goes on around in Brick

Brick dragon mom.., your comment is just as stupid. Not all parents drink. Don't insult others when your comment is just as dumb.

Good job Brick PD.

understand the intentions are good but right now i think there's bigger fish to fry.

Big bust bet they went out for a couple of drinks after their shift.

SUCH A WASTE, those kids futures are dampened by trying to have a beer with their friends on the weekend, what happened to peace officers, not blaming cops because they only know what their told but this country is going down the wrong path.

Be a parent and control and teach your kids whats right and whats wrong ...Respect is earned not given out as a gift..

Change the law. Get a group together and start a petition to have it changed back to 18 if that's what you want. Do something about it if you don't feel it's right!

The Drinking age is 21... that's the law like it or NOT!! why don't you teach your kids to obey the law NOT disregard it because YOU think it should be something else. IF the people here are any example of what the parents are thinking NO WONDER the kids don't respect he law... the parents Don't!!! ** GOOD JOB BRICK POLICE ** !

As a minor I learned a lot from this...trial and error/watching and learning...now I know when I have people pick up for me just to meet them somewhere else lol

"How would you like it if one of these underage..."

Stop right there, Id like it about as much as if a 21+ drunk driver hit me, which is the demographic that makes up the OVERWHELMING majority of drunk drivers. You guys act like the people who legally consume alcohol are doing so responsibly, while all these kids are just pounding beers and heading out the door to go slam into one of your cars. It's the exact opposite if you want to get technical. While your age makes up the huge majority of DUI cases, maybe you should bite your tongue before you go yapping off about these kids slamming into a family.

Driving under the influence of alcohol was associated with age in 2010. The rate was highest among persons aged 21 to 25 (23.4 percent). An estimated 5.8 percent of 16 or 17 year olds and 15.1 percent of 18 to 20 year olds reported driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Beyond age 25, these rates showed a general decline with increasing age.

"Raise the age to 25," said No One.

Why aren't the cops out on the streets dealing with real serious crime. What happened to protecting us from robbers murders kidnappers ! Shouldn't they be looking out for drunk / high drivers who r driving around dealing coke pills weed etc all around our neighborhood !!cops in shops my ass that's jus another bullshit excuse for them to hide out and not do shit besides bust young kids for drinking ( we all did it and if u didnt congrats to u for being different) and think they did a great job and still get paid good money

Cops in shops to bust a parent or older friend for buying a beer? How does the cops in shops know the alcohol bought by people of the legal age is being bought for someone under the age? Clearly no body in brick is dying from some alcohol. People are dying from heroin and real drugs! Instead of cops hiding out at the liquor stores not doing shit why don't you go follow some kidnappers and rapists and murderers or the drug dealers in this town who are actually killing our friends or families?! Oh ya because over 18 it's okay to die for your country or pay taxes nd give the state money for nothing but I can't have a little drink. Pfft.