Couple charged as hosts of teen drinking party
Kids knew him as "Shades," and he allegedly told police that he was John Riff, but in February Daniel McIntyre, 49, played the role of kegmeister at a middle-school party in Montgomery County, prosecutors alleged yesterday.
Kids knew him as "Shades," and he allegedly told police that he was John Riff, but in February Daniel McIntyre, 49, played the role of kegmeister at a middle-school party in Montgomery County, prosecutors alleged yesterday.
"These kids are barely out of puberty; some of them are not out of puberty," Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman said. "To think that parents are teaching them how to drink, how to play drinking games and how to lie to the police is disturbing."
McIntyre, of Dresher, and his ex-girlfriend, Kathleen Tompkins, 44, were charged yesterday with hosting a drinking party for Tompkins' 15-year-old son and his 14-to-16-year-old friends at her Abington home on Feb. 27.
McIntyre and Tompkins have prior alcohol-related convictions, but Ferman said that the most recent charges against "the keg-party mom and her boyfriend" are particularly disturbing.
"I have never seen a situation where kids this young were provided alcohol," she said.
Police said that they were alerted to the party by calls to the department's tip line, and that an officer responded to the home early that night. He was met by McIntyre, who allegedly identified himself as John Riff.
McIntyre told the officer that there were kids watching a movie in the basement but that there was no alcohol being served, according to court records.
Police have alleged that the party was in full swing, complete with a keg of Natural Light beer, but that the kids were hiding in the basement.
The same officer later saw an intoxicated young man near the house who, when questioned, admitted to drinking at Tompkins' home, police said.
Police returned to the house and found about a dozen kids left.
Teens found to have consumed alcohol were cited for underage drinking and picked up by their parents, Abington Township Police Chief William Kelly said.
Between 30 and 50 kids attended the party, and Kelly said that one youth drank so much that he had to be taken to the hospital.
The teens allegedly told authorities that McIntyre had showed them how to play the heavy-drinking game beer pong, and helped them tap the keg.
Tompkins, who has a DUI conviction, was charged with corruption of minors, furnishing alcohol to minors and endangering the welfare of children. She was expected to turn herself in today.
McIntyre, who according to court records, has at least two DUI convictions, was arraigned yesterday on the same charges plus an additional count of false identification to police. *
