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If the kid was driving, he would fall under the "Implied Consent" portion of the law . . . I'd think that charges of DWI or "refusal to submit to a breath test" would be in place.

A charge of "public intoxication" but not DWI or underage(?) drinking, when the kid was driving a car, sounds fishy to me . . . as does the probable cause for the stop and the search, if it's really a case of " . . . someone called the game warden" on him.

Unless there's a lot more to the story, maybe the only purpose is to force the kid to spend $$$ beating a baseless charge . . . a case of "Respect my au-thor-i-tay!"

(Usual disclaimer, IANAL.)