RUMFORD — Three of four Mexico volunteer firefighters accused of alcohol-related crimes at an underage drinking party on Oct. 25 in Rumford pleaded guilty on Tuesday morning in Rumford District Court.

Joseph Bruns, 20, and Justin Tidswell, 20, both of Rumford, and Seth Marshall, 20, of Mexico, admitted to one charge each of possession of alcohol by a minor, according to their court documents. They were then fined $200 each.

Benjamin Sarle, 19, of Rumford, who was charged with furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol and possession of alcohol by a minor, denied the civil possession charge and pleaded not guilty to the criminal charge, according to his court documents.

As a result, a jury trial on Sarle’s case was scheduled for Feb. 8 in Rumford District Court.

Reacting to the charges on Oct. 27, Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell placed Bruns, Tidswell, Marshall and Sarle on probation for 60 days. To avoid suspension, that meant they had to stay out of any other trouble during those 60 days.

Wentzell also said that any further disciplinary action against the young men was pending the outcome of their court cases.

Contacted late Tuesday afternoon, Wentzell said he wasn’t yet aware of the court outcomes and wouldn’t comment.

A fifth young man who police also accused of attending the October party, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of alcohol by a minor and was fined $200, according to his court record.

According to the Rumford police report, four Rumford and Mexico officers responding to a 12:07 a.m. complaint on Oct. 25 of underage drinking at Sarle’s Maple Street home. There, they found underage people drinking alcohol.

Sarle, Marshall and Bruns are honor roll graduates of Mountain Valley High School.

Bruns, a private first class with the 142nd Aviation, Army National Guard out of Bangor, pleaded guilty last year to a charge of underage drinking after police raided a pre-graduation party in Roxbury. He was one of 19 Mountain Valley seniors charged in that raid, and was fined $200.

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