In an attempt to retrieve his confiscated IDs, Ball State University basketball player Kevin Ford called the police to Dill Street Bar & Grill on Sunday morning.
However, Ford's IDs ended up being shredded and he ended up in jail.
According to police documents obtained Thursday, Ford was arrested at 2:44 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of public intoxication, illegal possession of alcohol by a minor and an attempt by a minor to enter a tavern.
Ford, who was 20 at the time, approached a bouncer at Dill Street on Saturday night and presented his Idaho driver's license and Ball State student ID, according to Maddox's voluntary witness statement.
When Ford's IDs were taken because he wasn't 21, he "became upset and would not leave the door," according to the bouncer's statement. After Ford continually refused to leave the door, the bouncer gave the IDs to his manager in an attempt to "dissipate the situation," according to the statement.
Ford called the Muncie Police Department because his IDs had been taken, according to a supplemental case report filed Sunday by Officer Michael Shaffer.
At about 2:36 a.m., Shaffer was sent to Dill Street to respond to Ford's call. Ford told Shaffer his IDs were confiscated after he attempted to get into the bar, according to Shaffer's case report. Ford also told Shaffer he was not 21, but would be in two days.
Shaffer used a breathalyzer on Ford after noticing Ford's eyes were watery and bloodshot and his breath smelled of alcohol, the report said. The test revealed Ford had a breath alcohol concentration of 0.05.
When being arrested, Ford had to be told several times to place his hands behind his back so that Shaffer could handcuff him.
After threatening to use a Taser on Ford, Shaffer successfully handcuffed Ford.
While seated in Shaffer's patrol car, Ford said he had "just gotten to Ball State and didn't know the bars were 21 and over," according to the report. Ford told Shaffer he did know the drinking age was 21 in Idaho and Oregon, the two states Ford claimed to be from.
Ford was booked at Delaware County Jail at 3:17 a.m. Sunday and released at 5:21 a.m. on a $2,000 bond.
In response to the situation, Dill Street owner Phil Wills said Thursday he did not condone underage drinking in any way. Whether IDs are confiscated depends on the situation, and the main goal is to keep underage people out of bars, he said.
The management at Dill Street shredded Ford's IDs, according to the bouncer's statement. Wills said IDs are not always shredded; sometimes the bar mails the IDs to the Excise Police or use them in training.
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