He did more than sleep it off.
A Louisiana teenager found passed out in a nearby church led cops to bust several bartenders at a local watering hole – for allegedly allowing minors to drink like fish.
Hammond police launched a missing person case on the morning of Aug. 8, after finding clothing and personal items on a city sidewalk, according to KPEL965.com.
They soon located 18-year-old Richard Clementi — the owner of the items — who hadn’t actually been missing. Rather, Clementi, was found taking a booze-fueled snooze inside a nearby church’s sanctuary, the outlet reported.
Clementi told detectives he had been boozing the night before at The Brown Door Bar, where he bought alcoholic drinks directly from the bartenders, he reportedly told cops.
The admission led cops to obtain a search warrant for the tavern’s surveillance footage, which allegedly showed bar staff hawking 116 beverages to underage patrons in just a three-hour window.
Clementi was issued a summons for unlawful purchase and possession of alcohol, while the bar’s owner Patrick Broussard, 57, was issued a summons for allowing a disorderly place, according to the local outlet.
Sydney Mitchell, 20, was charged with a whopping 115 counts of unlawful sales to a minor, while Tristan Stravinsky, 21, was charged with 10 counts of the same offense.
Michael Cuccia, 22, was charged with one count of unlawful sale to a minor.
Broussard and Mitchell did not immediately respond to inquiries. Clementi, Stravinsky and Cuccia could not be reached for comment.
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