The Brief
- The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrested five young adults and one teenager after shutting down two illegal holiday weekend house parties at short-term rental homes in Kissimmee.
- Deputies executing the weekend raids uncovered underage drinking, illegal drug possession and a handgun equipped with hollow-point bullets, the sheriff’s office said.
- Sheriff Chris Blackmon is working with rental companies to proactively stop illegal parties when they occur, the sheriff’s office said.
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities arrested five young adults and one teenager in connection to illegal house parties, during which underage drinking and possession of illegal drugs occurred, the sheriff’s office said.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office conducted the arrests during two rental home parties in Kissimmee homes over the Fourth of July weekend. Following these arrests, the sheriff hopes to send a clear message to promoters and attendees saying: “If you are going to break the law at these illegal open house parties, we will shut it down and someone is going to jail.”
2 illegal parties, 6 arrests
What we know:
On July 4, the sheriff’s office responded to a home on Crown Haven Road being used as a rental through VRBO. Deputies observed at least 20 people violating the rental agreement, which led to the arrest of 20-year-old Efrain Manases Martinez – who is accused of possessing illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia – and a 16-year-old who was found with a handgun and multiple hollow point bullets, OCSO said. …