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.
Charity Snavely, 38, 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.
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