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Casino patron, 19, shows ID saying she's 45

You're a bartender at Harrah's Casino in Chester. A girl who looks to be too young orders a drink. You card her, and she presents an ID that says she is 45 years old.

You're a bartender at Harrah's Casino in Chester. A girl who looks to be too young orders a drink.

You card her, and she presents an ID that says she is 45 years old.

What do you do?

You call a security officer, who notifies state police. A trooper comes to the bar and arrests her.

This happened about 3 a.m. Sunday to Heather Lynn Strain, of Glen Mills, Delaware County, inside Harrah's Stir bar, according to Trooper First Class LaVaughn Peterson, who made the arrest.

Strain is 19.

She was charged with carrying a false identification card and was released to an adult (over 21) who was with her. The charge is called a nontraffic summary offense.

She is to have a hearing later before a district judge in Chester.

Strain reacted calmly, Peterson said. "She cooperated for the most part."

State police released only sketchy details of the incident. They said they don't check casino patrons' IDs. "The casino spotted her," Peterson said.

They wouldn't give the girl's home address or any information about the adult accompanying her, nor would they say whose ID Strain was carrying. *