The Vermont State Police is investigating an underage drinking party that occurred late Friday, March 17, at a private residence at 181 Windswept Lane in Charlotte, the home of Rep. Chea Waters Evans (D-Charlotte).
Following reports to VSP regarding the party late Friday night, troopers responded at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday, March 18, and found multiple juveniles on the property. Several of the juveniles were intoxicated, and troopers issued diversion paperwork for consumption of alcohol by a minor.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time, police say. Evans responded to an email inquiry from VDC: “I fully cooperated with all questions from the Vermont State Police and will do so should the need arise in the future. The other matter is between those juveniles and their families.”
Rep. Waters Evans is a first-term lawmaker for Charlotte and Hinesburg and a member of the House Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee. She was a reporter, copyeditor, and editor at The Citizen, the Shelburne News, and the Charlotte News before founding her own online paper, The Charlotte Bridge.