{"id":2444053,"date":"2019-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=305663"},"modified":"2019-05-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:00:00","slug":"hooch-found-in-teens-pitkin-county-jail-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/hooch-found-in-teens-pitkin-county-jail-cell\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hooch\u2019 found in teen\u2019s Pitkin County Jail cell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Woody Creek teen being held in the Pitkin County Jail on numerous sexual assault charges was found with homemade alcohol or \u201chooch\u201d in his cell Thursday morning, according to a Sheriff\u2019s Office report.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old told a Pitkin County sheriff\u2019s deputy he used Red Hots candy, Jolly Ranchers candy, milk and a banana to make the \u201cthick reddish pink substance\u201d in a sports drink bottle, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Told that the bottle \u2014 which was found in the trashcan in the teen\u2019s cell \u2014 contained alcohol, the teen appeared surprised, the report states.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really tested positive for alcohol?\u201d he said, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Though he is charged as an adult in three of the four sex assault cases filed against him, The Aspen Times is not identifying the 18-year-old. That\u2019s because he was 17 when the charges were filed and has asked District Judge Chris Seldin to transfer his cases back to juvenile court.<\/p>\n

That determination has not yet been made. Juveniles are not usually identified in the media.<\/p>\n

A jail deputy found the bottle in the trash the morning after the teen appeared in District Court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing on the three sex assault cases. The hearing, which would have determined whether prosecutors have probable cause to charge him, never occurred because the District Attorney\u2019s Office made a plea offer<\/a> that required he waive the hearing.<\/p>\n

Deputies used a portable breath test device to determine the presence of alcohol in the bottle, the report states.<\/p>\n

\u201cI smelled the substance and it had a distinct sweet, fermented smell to it, much like sweet wine,\u201d Deputy Monique Merritt wrote in the report. On Thursday, she compared it to the smell of sangria.<\/p>\n

The substance itself was \u201cgelatinous\u201d and \u201cvery thick and couldn\u2019t be poured out of the bottle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The teen initially said he\u2019d been trying to make ice cream.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He) told me he left the bottle in the fridge and forgot about it,\u201d according to the report. \u201cThen yesterday, he took it out, tasted it by dipping his finger in the bottle and licking his finger and decided it was gross so he threw it out.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He) insisted that he didn\u2019t know the ingredients would make alcohol. (He) said he\u2019s been sober for nine months and does not want to go back to drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old could face a felony charge of introducing contraband into a jail, though that charge was still pending Friday.<\/p>\n

Prison hooch is generally made by mashing up fruit cocktail, apples, raisins and oranges in a Ziploc bag, adding sugar and warm water and sealing the bag, according to an internet search.<\/p>\n

jauslander@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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