Alex Hernandez
Underage Drinking Party Fallout: New Canaan Teen Enters Program To Have Criminal Charges Dismissed [UPDATE]
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[Note: This article has been updated since charges against the arrested people have been dropped.]
The New Canaan teen arrested last month after police found that he had hosted and supplied alcohol for an underage drinking party where a juvenile suffered serious injuries is to enter a program that will see criminal charges dismissed next year on its successful completion, officials said Thursday morning. The terms of the program that the 18-year-old will enter are unclear, as details of the deal struck between the state’s attorney’s office and lawyers representing the 2017 New Canaan High School graduate are sealed, according to a court clerk at state Superior Court in Norwalk. Arraigned before Judge Alex Hernandez, the teen remained silent while an attorney advocated on his behalf, appearing serious and solemn in a dark suit, white shirt and green tie. His attorney, April Pramer from the Greenwich-based Law Offices of Philip Russell LLC, told Hernandez that the teen was “hoping to go to college in the fall” and that his “plans for the fall have been disrupted and disturbed” because her client has been “prejudiced so severely” in the public mind due to media coverage. She was objecting to an application filed with the Connecticut Judicial Branch by News 12 to videotape the teen’s arraignment.