Mother Who Hosted Underage Drinking Party Only Gets Probation and Fine
There will be no jail time for Deborah Gibney.
The 47-year-old Fallbrook mother dodged a bullet as she was only slapped with 3 years probation, a $300-fine, parenting class, and sessions with Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD) victim panel after pleading guilty to violating the county ordinance against underage drinking parties.
The incident happened last June after Gibney threw an end of the school year party for her teenage children.
Most of those in attendance were students from Cathedral Catholic High School.
Gibney was arrested after driving an overly drunk girl to Fallbrook Hospital where the staff got suspicious and called the deputies.
Gibney tried to give a false story but the officers did not buy it. She was arrested as she was trying to leave.
When the investigators got to Gibney’s house, they found that many of the guests were underage.
Investigators were even told by some party goers that Gibney was hesitant to call 911 after the girl felt ill.
As parents, we should be more responsible about the message we give to our children.
Not only are Gibney’s actions a bad example, it is also against the law and she was lucky that she only got a slap in the wrist as penalties.
Under the county law, if you will be serving alcohol to guests, you have to verify the age of the guests, supervise minors and control access to alcohol.
This is to prevent any more DUI related car accidents that is actually one of the leading cause of death, not only in California, but the whole US.
