Orange County couple arrested for 36 counts related to providing alcohol to minors

A nearly month long investigation culminated in the arrest of two parents on a total of three dozen charges in Orleans Thursday.

Trooper Craig Starr served arrest warrants on Rachel D. Davis, 38, and Andrew G. Davis, 39, both of Orleans for nine counts each of contributing to the delinquency of minors and providing alcohol to minors. (This article has been edited. Providing alcohol is listed under the Indiana statute for Sale of Alcohol to Minors and the story stated the couple was arrested for selling alcohol.)

On August 27, Trooper Starr began an investigation on a complaint of two parties in Orange County in which minors were served and provided alcoholic beverages by the parents of one of the teenagers. Through his investigation, Starr, with the assistance of Orleans Chief of Police Roy McFarland, learned that on August 8 and August 15, Rachel and Andrew had purchased and provided alcoholic beverages for parties hosted at their house by their daughter.

Trooper Starr learned that during the parties, Rachel and Andrew Davis had gone so far as to mix drinks for the teenagers, as well as set up tables for drinking games. Information obtained also showed that Rachel Davis had encouraged the teenagers to deny that the drinking had occurred.

After conducting interviews and taking numerous statements, the case and information was turned over to the Orange County Prosecutor’s Office, who filed through the Orange County Circuit Court nine counts of Providing or Furnishing Minors with Alcoholic Beverages and nine counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor against both Rachel and Andrew Davis.