A Winter Park house party turned into a scene of adolescent chaos and potential tragedy over the weekend, resulting in the hospitalization of an underage girl and the arrest of a local doctor. According to ClickOrlando, police responded to the residence after reports of juveniles "falling down drunk." The incident took place early Saturday, highlighting once more the perils of unsupervised teen gatherings.
Upon arrival just after 12:30 a.m., officers found that more than thirty juveniles had attended the house party on Chestnut Avenue. Paramedics had to quickly transport a 15-year-old girl to AdventHealth Winter Park. There, she was reported to be vomiting and barely coherent, signaling a severe reaction to alcohol consumption. Police eventually arrested the homeowner, Hao Nhu Tran, a 51-year-old doctor, charging her with multiple offenses, including contributing to the delinquency of a minor and providing alcohol to persons under 21.
Evidence collected at the scene included empty alcoholic beverage containers from hard seltzers like "High Noon" and Smirnoff cans scattered within the home. As FOX 35 Orlando reported, witnesses have alleged that some uninvited guests brought alcohol into the party in backpacks, further complicating the matter for police officials seeking to unravel the evening's events.
In her statement to police, Tran claimed she had only intended to host a gathering for her son and about 30 of his classmates from Trinity Prep. She professed to have only provided food and soft drinks and suggested that the alcoholic beverages had been illicitly brought in by partygoers. However, police allege, according to her arrest report, that Tran "knew underage drinking was occurring and allowed an open house party." Moreover, Tran had asked her son to have the guests leave by midnight, but had to be summoned once a girl had notably passed out from excessive drinking, according to FOX 35 Orlando.
The condition of the hospitalized teenager remains a primary concern, though details of her health status were not disclosed. Authorities have yet to determine whether there will be additional arrests or charges related to the incident, and it is unclear how the juveniles managed to obtain such quantities of alcohol.
