Social worker arrested after party with teens
Candace Taylor, Register Staff10/18/2005
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GUILFORD — A local social worker has been arrested on charges she held a drinking party for a group of underage teens and was found to be in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Margaret Pohe Rose, 49, of 134 Russet Drive, faces charges of risk of injury to a minor, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and violation of a town ordinance that prohibits adults from allowing underage drinking in their homes.

She is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in New Haven Oct. 25.

The charges stem from an Oct. 1 incident in which police gained information that underage drinking was occurring at Rose’s home.

Officers arrived on the scene and saw youths running into the woods, one carrying a 30-pack of beer, police said.

Officers entered the house, where they found more beer cans.

They questioned Rose, who was present at the time of the drinking, knew it was going on and allowed it, police said.

Police said the majority of the youths present during the party were teenagers. One juvenile was cited the night of the party.

Based on information they gained in the subsequent investigation, police applied for search-and-seizure and arrest warrants for Rose.

On Friday, officers searched the home and found marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said.

Rose was taken into custody, processed and released on a promise to appear in court.

A licensed clinical social worker with an office in Guilford, Rose referred calls to Branford lawyer Andrew Campbell. Campbell did not return repeated calls for comment Monday.

According to a state Department of Public Health spokesman, Rose’s license to practice social work was granted in 2000 and is valid through April of 2006.

An online advertisement for Rose’s Boston Post Road practice states that she serves adolescents, adults, families and couples, and that she specializes in supporting people suffering from addictions.

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