I just read the full story on this and while I'm glad they dropped the charges, I'm with whoever said a uniformed cop would've made this situation a whole lot easier. SMH
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ABC says it's reviewing arrest of UVa student who bought bottled water
State Alcoholic Beverage Control officials said Friday that they're reviewing an incident in which agents arrested a University of Virginia student on felony charges after she attempted to flee officers who suspected a crate of bottled water to be a case of beer.
ABC spokeswoman Kathleen Shaw said in the agency statement released Friday afternoon that agents were working the area that night, concentrating on underage possession enforcement. Shaw said a female agent saw "what appeared to be an underage person in possession of what appeared to be a case of beer."
"The agent identified herself as a police officer and was displaying her badge. The agents were acting upon reasonable suspicion. Other agents did not join the incident until the subject refused to cooperate. Rather than comply with the officers' requests, the subject drove off, striking two officers."
“She was not arrested for possessing bottled water, but for running from police and striking two of them with a vehicle. We take all citizen complaints seriously," the ABC statement said, "and the matter is currently under review by the ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement."
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