Deputies were called to a home on Avenida Del Valle near Avenida La Valencia at 10:30 p.m. about underage drinking at a party, said sheriff's Sgt. Angela Pearl.
When the deputies arrived, they saw minors walking up and down the street, some of them carrying alcoholic beverages, the sergeant said. The deputies found a 17-year-old boy passed out in a bathroom and a 19-year-old passed out in a closet. Both of them were turned over to their parents.
There were about 150 to 200 people at the party, she said.
A resident at the home, Jeffrey Lake, 48, was arrested on charges of violating the city's "social host" ordinance, Pearl said. The law makes it illegal to provide an environment where underage drinking takes place, regardless of who provides the alcohol.
Lake is an attorney who has handled medical marijuana cases and ran unsuccessfully for the Poway City Council in 2004.
Minors found to be drinking at the gathering were released to their parents, the sergeant said.
The resident will also be charged $3,600 to recover the department's expenses during the call, including the deputies' time, authorities said. Pearl said five deputies and a sheriff's helicopter responded to the call.
...not that this is something good, but there are other concerns that are more important. In Europe nobody would get arrested, on the contrary it is not forbidden if there is an adult. Problem is only when something happens, and I can't say that much happens.