Police: Three drunk Sebastopol teens sent to hospital

Staggering and falling down drunk, three 14-year-olds were taken by ambulances to a local hospital late Wednesday morning after police officers found them at a Sebastopol apartment.

One of the teens, a Sebastopol boy, also was arrested after he kicked, spit and tried to head-butt officers as they walked him downstairs to one of three ambulances that responded to the Hurlbut Avenue apartment, Sebastopol Police Chief Jeff Weaver said Wednesday.

The other two teens were girls, one from Santa Rosa and one from Sebastopol.

“One had their head in a garbage can. One had their head in a toilet,” Sebastopol Sgt. Greg DeVore said, indicating the girls were very ill when officers arrived at the apartment after getting a call at about 11:30 a.m.

A nearly empty 1.75-liter bottle of Skyy vodka was found. While it appeared the teen trio had consumed a large amount, it wasn’t clear how much they’d had or whether the bottle had been full when they started drinking.

“All three went to the hospital to check for alcohol poisoning,” said DeVore, who responded to the call. “Alcohol poisoning can kill kids.”

Earlier in the morning, the three had been at the city’s downtown skate park, just a few blocks from the police station. A fourth teen, who was sober, found them there and decided to take them back to an apartment for safekeeping because they were so drunk, Weaver said.

Heading into the apartment, the inebriated teens struggled to walk and were spotted by an adult at the complex. “They were obviously drunk, staggering, falling over,” DeVore said.

The adult recognized the boy and called the boy’s father.

When the teens wouldn’t let the father inside, the worried man called Sebastopol police, Weaver said.

One teen opened the door for officers, who found two girls vomiting and the boy appearing to be extremely drunk. They called for paramedics, bringing three AMR ambulance crews.

The call went from a medical one to a criminal one when the boy began striking out at the officers, DeVore said. They briefly put him in handcuffs before he was strapped onto a gurney for the trip to the Santa Rosa hospital.

The male teen was arrested and cited on suspicion of two misdemeanors, battery on an officer and obstructing officers. DeVore said no one was injured in the scuffle.

The teens’ names were not released by police. Police officials said Wednesday they didn’t know which school or schools the teens attend.