Crime & Safety
Police Arrest 18-Year-Old for Drinking at Geneva High School
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Geneva police arrested Alexander Koepke, 18, of Geneva on charges of illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor around 8:25 a.m. March 20 at Geneva High School, 416 McKinley Ave., reports said. Underage drinking can be cited and fined under local ordinance or can be result in an arrest.
Koepke has a court date of April 9 at the Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.
A similar arrest took place at Batavia High School on March 8.
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