Many people get arrested for the crime of public intoxication in Indiana in relatively private areas near an apartment building or home. The public intoxication laws in Indiana make it a crime to be in a public place, in a state of intoxication caused by the use of alcohol or drugs. In Tippecanoe County, Purdue students are frequently arrested and charged with public intoxication when they are in the vicinity of campus apartments or homes. The same thing happens to IU students in Bloomington. If you are charged under the public intoxication laws in Indiana, you may have a valid defense at trial that you were not in a public place.
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