Peachtree

City police officer "probably" violated one or more state laws

in his presence, Fayette County Solicitor General Steve Harris has ruled.

Harris said

two witnesses indicated Cpl. Terry Blackburn furnished the alcohol to

a 19-year-old girl while he was off-duty at the Chili's restaurant in

Peachtree City on July 25.

The other officer

who was present at the time, Cpl. Jay Hughes, was cleared of any wrongdoing

Harris wrote

a memo to Peachtree City Police Chief Jim Murray outlining his opinion

of the case, which was investigated by the Police Department.

"The evidence

does suggest criminal conduct on behalf of Cpl. Terry Blackburn,"

Harris wrote in the memo. "The level of intoxication of Cpl. Blackburn

at the time offers no basis for a defense to any action."

The memo states

one or more of the following laws were broken by Blackburn:

Furnishing

an alcoholic beverage to an intoxicated person;

Knowingly

and directly furnishing and alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 years

of age; and

Aiding and

abetting a person under 21 years of age to knowingly possess an alcoholic

beverage.

Murray could

not be reached for comment by press time Thursday afternoon.

Harris also

said Friday that he cannot prosecute Blackburn since neither of two witnesses

is willing to swear out an affidavit about the incident.

That also means

the Police Department can't file charges on the matter, either, Harris

wrote.

The incident

was originally reported by a Chili's employee.

The case file

from the police investigation was submitted to Harris for a ruling on

the matter.

In his memo,

Harris said the police department's investigation "reflects a thoroughly

investigated incident and literally left no stone unturned."