Metro Atlanta / State News 5:39 a.m. Tuesday, November 17, 2009

23 arrested for underage drinking at Georgia-Auburn game

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ATHENS, Ga. -- Athens-Clarke County police say they made 23 underage drinking arrests during and after the Georgia-Auburn football game.

The Athens Banner-Herald reported that most approached the officers first, had an open container or had passed out downtown.

Police used an ammonia capsule to wake a drunken 20-year-old who passed out in the bathroom of Five Guys Burgers and Fries. The man had two IDs in his pockets, one real and one fake.

It was the second time in a week that a drunken man passed out in the restaurant bathroom.

Police say another man was arrested after he asked officers for help finding his friends and they asked for ID because he smelled of alcohol.

The man gave the officer his ID and then ran away and tried to escape by crawling under a parked car.

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