A teenage sexual encounter

in a parked car in Peachtree City last week has led to

three arrests on statutory rape, indecency and underage

alcohol charges.

According to reports,

officers responded Friday night to a call concerning

disorderly children throwing beer bottles from a vehicle

in Braelinn Village. The car in question was found in the

parking lot of Braelinn Ponds city park.

Police found a male in the

front seat of the 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix and a male and

female in the back seat. The occupants were instructed to

exit the vehicle, after which only the male in the back

seat was able to produce a driver's license, police said.

The smell of alcoholic

beverages led police to perform a voluntary field

sobriety test on the youth who had been sitting in the

front, and he failed with a .023 reading, which is above

the maximum alcohol for a minor, reports said. The

ensuing search of the car produced two 12-packs of beer,

which the other male said were his, and a pair of

panties, which the female admitted were hers, police

said.

While en route to the

station, officers learned that the girl was only 15 years

old, not 17 as she had earlier told police.

The youth who had shared

the back seat with her said that she told him she was 16

and that they had consensual sexual intercourse.

The girl's mother advised

police that she would press charges against the boy for

statutory rape. He also was charged with minor in

possession of alcohol and furnishing alcohol to a minor.

The boy in the front seat

was charged with minor in possession of alcohol, driving

on a cart path and being in the park after dark. The girl

was charged with giving a false name and date of birth,

as well as public indecency.