Nineteen Eastern students were arrested on underage drinking charges following weekend raids of three area bars by Charleston police.

The arrests came after police conducted alcohol compliance checks at Jerry’s Pizza & Pub, Stu’s and Ike’s Friday, said Lieutenant Roger Cunningham of the Charleston Police Department.

Charleston bars randomly undergo alcohol compliance checks to make sure they do not serve alcohol to minors, Cunningham said.

All 19 arrested were charged with an alcohol-related crime and were between 18 and 20 years old, a police report stated.

Tracy Cerny, 20; Megan Root, 19; Eileen Mitrenga, 19; Bethany Keller, 20; Brigid O’Brien, 18; Kathleen O’Brien, 20; Rachel Lowery, 18; Quinn Headington, 19; Gabriel Cruz, 19; Christopher Cruz, 19; Nicole Schneider, 19; John Millner, 18; Mark Magnussew, 19; and Heather Feik, 19, were charged with accepting/purchasing alcohol as a minor, the police report stated.

Except for Cerny, all of the above, as well as Meghan Mead, 20; Margaret Marchese, 20; Denise Peters, 18; and Katie McMullen, 19, were charged with frequenting a bar as a minor, the police report stated.

Mitrenga, Keller, Lowery, Headington and both O’Briens were charged with misrepresentation of age, the police report stated.

Millner and Magnussew were charged with false identification, the police report stated.

Paul Imbordino, 18, faces charges of minor consumption and obstructing a police officer, a police report stated.

A court date for all 19 has been set for May 11, Charleston police said.

Paul Mejdrich, owner of Stu’s, said although the city usually conducts several alcohol compliance checks on his bar each year, this is the first such check this year.

Mejdrich said the students arrested at Stu’s claimed to be let in without having to show identification. In response, Mejdrich said he would compare police photos of those arrested to security camera footage of his bar’s entrance to see if those claims were valid.

Until then, Stu’s will continue to check identification, he said.

Mejdrich could face a fine for the arrest, although the city has not yet served a summons against Stu’s for the arrests, he said.

Larry Keck, owner of Jerry’s Pizza & Pub, said alcohol compliance checks are not uncommon and are effective in deterring underage drinking.

Keck said Jerry’s will not do anything in response to having underage drinkers arrested at his business.

“I think we run a pretty tight ship already,” he said.

Mark Stoltz, owner of Ike’s, refused comment Monday.