St. Paul / Letting minors drink? Party's over, police say

By Mara H. Gottfried

"Small handwritten signs on a St. Paul home's doors said, "21 only," but police found underage college students were drinking."

"A young woman stumbled as she headed out a back door. People were drinking in the back yard. ..."

"With five residential colleges in the St. Paul Police Department's Western District, officers there started working the ZAP (Zero Adult Providers) detail about 15 years ago, said Senior Cmdr. Todd Axtell, who heads the Western District. The new focus this year: the social-host ordinance, which took effect in St. Paul in December. ..."

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