By KIMBERLY ACEVEDO
The Herald has learned, after an alleged phone call between Norman Alpren and Lt. Frank Sharpe, Nassau County District Attorney's office launched an investigation.
Alpren denies that a phone call between he and Sharpe to have the two tickets taken care of ever took place. "Nobody took care of any tickets for me," he said. As of press time, Lt. Frank Sharpe could not be reached for comment.
Alpren's attorney Lawrence Elovich said "the matter is under investigation and since I am acting as an attorney in the investigation for one of the possible subjects it would be imprudent for me to comment on this any further at this time."
Richard "Ricky" Aull received a summons on Saturday, June 22, for alcohol on the Ocean Beach Park at 11:15 p.m., according to the search at the city clerks office.
The source states, Adam Alpren and a teen, who remained unidentified, also received summonses on Saturday, June 22, for alcohol on the Ocean Beach Park at 11:15 p.m. But a search for the two missing tickets at the Long Beach City Clerk Office was unsuccessful. A search for tickets in numerical order deemed ticket number 88313 and 88315 missing.
One police officer said, if an investigation was underway, the tickets could be "pulled."
Almost all teens are mandated to participate in three sessions of alcohol education/counseling. Aull completed the the Underage Drinking Prevention Course on Aug. 2. Aull could not be reached for comment, his mother declined to comment when reached at her Long Beach home earlier this week.
Meanwhile after learning of his son's drinking summons in June, Alpren said he told his son to "go take care of it" like any other parent would. Though Alpren couldn't confirm the date his son attended the Underaged Drinking Prevention Course, he maintains his son completed it.
The Herald's search at the city clerk office could not find a letter of completion for Alpren's underage drinking prevention course. Aull's letter of completion was found attached to his ticket.
"The point came up that he was supposed to go to classess and he did go to classes as he was supposed to do," Alpren said.
He added, when accusations that his son did not attend the Underage Drinking Prevention Course began to surface, he retained Elovich. Still, Alpren said, the accusations and controversy go far beyond a simple drinking summons.
"I think it's all political," Alpren said. "To be honest with you there are many people in the police department, in the higher ups, that don't exactly like me....I think this is blown way out of proportion for political purposes, political gain."
Nassau DA Spokesperson Rick Henshaw and Long Beach Police Commissioner John Laffey declined to comment.
