Driver of Teen 'Party Bus' Busted With Booze, Drugs Charged

The driver of a party bus allegedly carrying drugs, alcohol and 33 teenagers was charged Wednesday in Marin County Superior Court with six misdemeanor offenses and three infractions.

• 33 Marin Teens Busted on Party Bus Loaded With Drugs, Alcohol: Police

James Franklin Greene, 63, of San Francisco is charged with misdemeanor transporting a person under age 21 in a charter-party carrier containing alcoholic beverages, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, and carrying a switch blade knife in a motor vehicle.

The infractions are possession and storage of an open container of alcohol and possession of marijuana while driving.

Greene did not enter a plea Wednesday and will return to court Friday afternoon, Assistant Marin County District Attorney Barry Borden said. He was denied release on his own recognizance and is being held in the Marin County Jail.

Central Marin Police Authority officers pulled the 45-passenger, black and silver bus over shortly after it left the Larkspur Ferry Terminal parking lot around 5:40 p.m. Monday.

Police said they found marijuana, hard alcohol and hard lemonade, empty and partially consumed alcoholic beverages and prescription drugs.

The teens are all between the ages of 15 and 17. They're residents of Larkspur, Tiburon, San Rafael, San Anselmo, Kentfield and Mill Valley, police said.

Greene told police he was taking the students to their parents and was not aware of alcohol on board, police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher said.

A 16-year-old Tiburon boy rented the bus online and had a $900 cash payment that did not change hands before police arrived, Rohrbacher said.

Police learned about the departing bus from an anonymous caller.

– By Bay City News Service. Image via Shutterstock.