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Underage Drinkers Busted at Hamilton Co. Commissioner

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  More than a dozen teens are caught red-handed, drinking underage at Hamilton County commissioner's Warren Mackey's home."I think he learned a terrific lesson, and their will be consequences in the Mackey home for what he did," says Commissioner Warren Mackey.Mackey says he and his wife were out of town last Tuesday. That's when he said his 18-year old grandson, who lives with him, threw a house party at their home on Murray Hills Drive."My grandson had some friends.... 16 of them come to my home," says Mackey.Mackey tells us his grandson let two guys, Nathaniel Jackson and William Baskette, both 18-years old, drive a white Ford explorer to the Bi-Lo grocery store on Highway 58.  That's where officers caught the two guys stealing beer, but they managed to get away.Officers were able to track down the two suspects by using the tag number on the white Ford Explorer.. and turns out it belongs to Commissioner Mackey."I was so disappointed he gave the keys to my car to one of his friends," says Mackey.The affadavit says several minors told officers they drank beer that was brought back to the home. Officers also found a small bag of marijuana at the home. It was a house party, Commissioner Mackey says his grandson will never throw again."My kid knows better... And he's being punished for what he did," says Mackey.Kathleen Craven lives only a few homes down from the commissioner. She's like many neighbors shocked to hear what happened."We feel that Mr Mackey had nothing to do with that  - and maybe the grandson has learned a big lesson from this," says Craven.Police arrested Nathaniel Jackson and William Baskette last Wednesday. Both are charged with Theft of Property, Resisting Arrest, and Drinking Under Age. Commissioner Mackey says he understands his position in the community, and again never would have allowed this to happen.

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