Iowa woman gets probation for holding party during shutdown
July 10, 2020 12:20PM CDT
RIPPEY, Iowa (AP) – A west-central Iowa woman has been sentenced to one year of probation for holding a large party in May during a government-order ban on gatherings of 10 or more people.
38-year-old Charity Snavely of Rippey was also sentenced earlier this month to 10 days in jail, but that sentence was suspended, television station WOI reported Friday.
Snavely pleaded guilty to a public health violation stemming from a May 23 party at her Rippey home in which police said she served 13 minors alcohol. At the time, Gov. Kim Reynolds had ordered a ban on such gatherings in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
In exchange for Snavely’s plea, charges related to supplying alcohol to minors were dismissed.