Cops: Underage Drinking Committee Member Gave Teen Alcohol

A member of Kinnelon’s Underage Drinking Ordinance Advisory Committee is accused of providing alcohol to a 17-year-old male who drove his vehicle into a tree in Fayson Lakes after being under the influence of alcohol, police said Monday.

Mark Gaw, 55, was charged after an investigation by Det. Sgt. David Crouthamel and the 17-year-old male was charged with a disorderly persons offense, DWI, underage possession/consumption of alcohol and issued several motor vehicle violations.

Police said the accident occurred around midnight and when Ptl. Christopher Mucci responded, the male was allegedly determined to be under the influence of alcohol and was arrested. Police said Gaw was arrested after an investigation in which police allegedly determined where the juvenile male was drinking.

A call to Gaw was not immediately returned on Monday.

"I just don't know enough about it at this point to make any meaningful comment," Pat Caserta, chairman of the committee, said.

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