Sammamish Police arrested a 19 year-old Sammamish man and charged him with furnishing liquor to minors, after a 15 year-old and two 14-year-olds were found intoxicated in the hot tub of a Sammamish home.

One of the 14-year-old boys was in possession of a .357 Ruger revolver handgun, which was loaded with six hollow point .357 rounds.

According to the police report, the owners of the home – the parents of one of the boys – were on holiday in Whistler at the time.

At about 3 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 22, officers responded to a noise complaint from residents in the Northeast 16th Street neighborhood.

When they arrived they found the three boys in a hot tub, allegedly displaying signs of intoxication and making excessive noise.

A nearly empty bottle of Grey Goose vodka was found beside the hot tub, as was the loaded Ruger.

One of the boys told police that his parents were in Whistler, and had left the 19 year-old in charge of the house.

They told police that the 19 year-old had gone upstairs to bed.

According to the police report, one of the 14 year-old boys told police he had taken the gun from his house without permission, because he “needed protection as people had threatened to hurt him.”

Police contacted the parents of the boys, some of which immediately attended the scene.

A parent of the boy who had taken the gun said it belonged to the boy’s grandfather, who had left it in their home as he travelled outside the state.

The parent assured police that the gun and the ammunition had been stored separately, and was very surprised the boy had been able to find the ammunition.

The boys voluntarily submitted to preliminary breath tests, returning readings of .114, .003, and .035.

The 15 year-old boy, a student of Evergreen Junior High School in Redmond, was arrested and charged with consumption of alcohol by a minor.

According to police, the case has been forwarded for review and filing of charges on the boy who obtained the gun.

The parent of the boy with the gun declined to say that the boy had stolen it, so he was not charged with theft.