Teen drinking party & man urinating in night club parking lot keep Gilford Police busy over weekend

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GILFORD — After getting a report of an underage drinking party Friday night, police responded to 47 Annis Drive # 9 and arrested five males — three of whom live in the apartment.
Charged with facilitating an underage drinking party was Connon Garfinkle, 17, of 47 Annis Drive. He was also charged with unlawful possession of alcohol.
Gage Pepin, 17, also of Annis Drive #9 was charged with facilitating an underage party and unlawful possession of alcohol as was Steven Heinz, 17, also of 43 Annis Drive #9. Heinz was also charged with resisting arrest.
Robert Bixby, 18, of Laconia was charged with one count of unlawful possession of alcohol as was 19-year-old Jesse McCarthy of 580 Cherry Valley Road. McCarthy was also charged with a probation violation.
Justin O'Connor, 17, of 47 Farmer Drive was charged with unlawful possession of alcohol.
One unidentified juvenile female was also charged with unlawful possession of alcohol while a number of other youths were released to a parent or adult.
Lt. Kris Kelley said this is the second incident involving underage drinking at this address. He said police also broke up a New Years Eve party there.
Also over the weekend, 64-year-old Francis Roche was charged with indecent exposure for being seen urinating near his car in the parking lot of the China Bistro at 1:20 a.m. Roche was also charged with arresting arrest for continuing to struggle with police as he was being booked. He was held overnight at the Belknap County Jail after refusing to participate in the booking process.