My friend (seriously!) was arrested for posession at a Richmond hockey game. He was holding his friend who is over 21's beer for him and did take a sip of the beer which a security officer saw and who then proceeded to arrest both of the boys. Obviously, he was guilty because he did have the beer in his posession, but my question involves what happened after he was arrested. He is over 18 and yet the cop called his parents...is that allowable or is there a defense he could use to maybe get a more lenient sentence or something because the cop violated procedure? Since my friend is not a minor, it appears that he was still treated as one. Also, could you give me some idea of what the penalty for this charge would be and any defense that may help him in any way? Thank you!