St. Augustine police bust underage drinkers

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The St. Augustine Police Department conducted an underage drinking and fake identification sting in the downtown area Thursday night.

Police identified 12 people for underage drinking. Two of them were under 18.

Eight people had fake IDs on them at the time they were stopped, police said.

Police said the following people were caught drinking underage:

  • Catherine Stewart, 20, of St. Augustine
  • Gabbrielle Garay, 20, of Kissimmee
  • Meredith Kohls, 20, of Stafford, VA
  • Cari Briggs, 20, of Spring Grove, IL
  • Gatlin Beemus, 19, of Virginia Beach, VA
  • Jodie Wadovick, 19, of North Kingston, RI
  • Darian Chesek, 19, of St. Augustine Beach
  • Marisa Pierangeli, 19, of Wallingford, PA
  • Shannon Ferguson, 18, of Virginia Beach, VA
  • Sophie Granzow, 18, of Bowie, MD (received additional charge for resisting arrest without violence)

The ID cards were sophisticated enough that the bouncers at the door could not tell their authenticity.

It's believed these ID cards are from China. There were also multiple states used as home addresses.

Police will continue to look into the source of these fake ID cards.