There were 15 citations issued Friday night at a fraternity party when a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officer followed the buses to the event, a TABC officer said.TABC officer Tana Travis, who followed the buses to Phi Gamma Delta’s Yellow T-Shirt Party on Oct. 12, said four of the citations were for misrepresentation of age and 11 were for minor in possession.

Fort Worth police officer C.A. Lewis said the citations are Class C misdemeanors and carry a fine of up to $500. Travis said nobody was arrested.

Travis said citation recipients will go before Tarrant County Judge Gary Richie to present their cases and must contact him before Oct. 30 to do so.

Fort Worth police officers Lewis and T. Milner were hired by FIJI for security purposes, said Joe Zigtema, the fraternity’s social chair. Editor’s Note: FIJI fraternity social chair Joe Zigtema is a reporter for the Daily Skiff.

Lewis said the TABC officer arrived with the first bus.

“I thought she was on the bus she was there so fast,” Lewis said.

Lewis said Travis told him she was waiting near Worth Hills and followed the buses to Kelly’s Cove. The officers then stood outside the bar to check for identification. He said those charged with misrepresentation of age were using fake out-of-state identifications.

“They think if it’s out of state, we won’t know what it looks like,” Lewis said. “What they don’t realize is that the TABC does this for a living.”

Lewis said he thought the students expected it to be a major drinking party.

“We would go inside every 15 to 30 minutes to check for underage drinking,” Lewis said. “It was pretty easy to see who was breaking the law. It’s the look that kids have, like they’ve just been caught going through the candy jar.”

The owner of Kelly’s Cove Restaurant and Bar, Kelly Lancaster, said the incident was the first time TABC had given out tickets in such a high volume at his bar. Lancaster said there were about six bus loads of students at the bar or about 200 people.

“I was excited about the event, but I guess it turned out badly for those who broke the law,” Lancaster said. “I even went on the bus and told the students as a warning.”

Some students disregarded his advice to not use fake identification and got a ticket within the first five minutes they were there, Lancaster said.

James Parker, assistant dean of Campus Life, said he was notified about the event and Campus Life was going to investigate the situation. The Interfraternity Council is not involved, he said.

Josh Schutts, coordinator of fraternity and sorority life and IFC adviser, said he had not heard anything about the tickets. He said no issues had come up for him to deal with.

FIJI president Ryan Elder said in an e-mail the fraternity was reviewing risk management policies concerning their social events as well as alcohol education for their members.