A Michigan City boy who had been consuming alcohol was transported to Porter hospital on Saturday after he entered a stranger’s home in the 1200 block of Park Ave., Chesterton Police said.

According to police, at 1:15 a.m. the Park Ave. resident called 911 to report that there were five to six subjects outside his home, one of them trying to make entry at his back door and the others yelling in his rear yard.

That subject—a 13-year-old Michigan City boy—did succeed in entering the man’s home, prompting the resident to strike him “out of fear,” police said. The subject fell to the floor and on officer’s arrival was taken into custody and determined to be intoxicated, although “too intoxicated” to provide a sample for a portable breath test, police said.

Meanwhile, the other subjects were seen to run into a neighboring residence, where officers subsequently made contact with a 14-year-old Valparaiso boy who registered a blood alcohol content of .04 percent on a PBT and an 11-year-old Chesterton boy who registered a B.A.C. of .036 percent, police said.

The Michigan City boy was transported to Porter hospital for evaluation at his father’s request, police said, while the two other boys were released to the custody of their parents or guardians. Four other local juveniles, between the ages of 11 and 14, were found not to have been drinking and they too were released to their parents’ custody, police said.

The CPD has referred the matter to the Porter County Juvenile Probation Department and Child Protective Services.

Posted 1/31/2012