Conservative Bucks Activist Hit Teen, Gave Liquor To Minors: Police

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Conservative activist Clarice Schillinger, the founder of the Keeping Kids in School PAC and a former Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, is facing criminal charges in Bucks County for simple assault, harassment, and for furnishing liquor to minors.

“Ms. Schillinger has dedicated her life to public service," said Matt Brittenburg, the attorney representing her. "Additionally, she has always been a law-abiding citizen. Ms. Schillinger looks forward to the opportunity to defend against these allegations."

According to authorities, the charges stem from an underage drinking party that got out of hand at Schillinger's home on Liz Circle in Buckingham Township on Friday night, Sept. 29 and early Saturday morning, Sept. 30.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, Buckingham Township Police received a call that a number of assaults had taken place at the Schillinger home between intoxicated adults and juveniles during a party hosted by Schillinger to celebrate her daughter's 17th birthday.

Police were told that 15 to 20 minors, ranging in age from 15 to 18, began gathering at the home around 9:30 p.m. and that Schillinger had directed them to stay in the basement area of the home where police were told Schillinger not only provided them with alcoholic beverages, but poured shots, drank along with the minors and played beer pong with them, the affidavit says.

At one point during the evening, police were told a disturbance broke out between the intoxicated adults, which made the minors uncomfortable and wanting to leave. A 15-year-old was punched in the face, one teen was punched in the area of his left eye, and several others were assaulted, police documents said. The events were recorded from two separate phones, the affidavit says.

While multiple minors were gathering at the front door to leave in defiance of Schillinger's order to say, police said video shows Schillinger lunging toward one of the partygoers before others restrained her. That individual told police Schillinger struck him three times with a closed fist but that he wasn’t injured, according to the affidavit.

Schillinger was charged with simple assault, harassment and serving alcohol to minors. Several other adults at the party were also charged, including Shan Wilson and Danette Bert. The charges against Wilson and Bert were later withdrawn when they pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, according to court records.

It was not the first time police had responded to the Schillinger home.

A week earlier, on Sept. 24 around midnight, police responded to the address for an underage drinking party taking place. Police observed multiple beer cans in the street and said that as they arrived, about 20 minors were fleeing into the house.

Police were called back to the home on Sept. 29 for a noise complaint involving intoxicated subjects.

Schillinger is scheduled for a preliminary hearing before District Judge Stacy Wertman on Jan. 29.