They're Back: Party House Pre-Madonnas

Amherst Police Department 111 Main St

So I knew it was going to be an interesting "Party House of the Weekend" selection process this morning when the weekend police logs ran 49 pages compared to the usual 18 or 19, and the parking space directly in front of APD was occupied by an empty Bud Light beer can.

But even with these fortuitous foreshadowing facts, this week's winner still stands out for, well, stupidity. Stranger still, the ages of these party boys clearly indicate they are not newbie freshman. I guess it's going to be a l-o-n-g semester.

I'll let the log entries speak for themselves:

164 Sunset Avenue. Current assessment $428,000

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Noise Complaint: Gone on Arrival
164 Sunset Avenue
2:00 AM (early Saturday morning)


Assist Citizen: Services Rendered
164 Sunset Avenue
9:44 AM Saturday

RP (reporting party) called to advise for the last three days running, the new occupants of #164 Sunset have been noisy, both from loud stereos and voices of people standing out in the front yard. Mr. H stated that several times, groups of students have walked down the street past his house, yelling and joking, headed toward the Fraternity house at #118 Sunset. He believes that they have found nothing going on or were turned away and then walk back up the street and end up in the yard at #164. He stated that these groups of students then wind up outside and inside #164 making noise until 3:00 AM. Mr. H also related that there is now a swath of trash in the roadway and lawn of the residences along this route. He noted beer bottles and cans and cups, etc. I advised Mr. H that his concerns would be brought to the attention of the Officers that work in this sector and that enforcement activities would be brought to bear on the residents of this location.

Assist Citizen: Services Rendered
164 Sunset Avenue
11:57 AM
I received an email from Mrs H relative to the noise and students congregating in the yard at 164 Sunset Avenue. She reports that the new tenants of that residence have produced a great deal of noise and foot traffic in the area for the last three nights running. She states that two of the residents did come to the house to speak with her relative to their noise issues and these persons requested Mrs H call them when problems arose. Mrs H did call these residents twice overnight about the noise problem, each time some effort was made by the residents to quell the noise and disperse the students gathered on the front lawn. Each time the noise and problem did return within a short time. Mrs H reports that the residents of the house are planning to have a party the evening of 09/04 but have promised to end the gathering at 10:00 PM. Mrs H does not believe that the residents have the ability to control the party. She is also concerned about the altercations that were heard brewing but does not believe any fights took place overnight. She also mentions trash, beer cans and bottles thrown in the street and in front of the building by persons drinking on the front lawn.

Community Policing. Services Rendered
164 Sunset Avenue
8:00 PM

I stopped and spoke with the residents of #164 Sunset Avenue. I provided them with the TBL (town bylaw) information sheets, my business card, and a thorough description of what the by-laws were meant to deter, and how enforcement was going to be meted out. I asked if they had any questions as to what was going to happen to them. They had none.

Noise Complaint. Adults Arrested
164 Sunset Avenue
10:15 PM
RP reports loud party at location.

Three residents arrested from listed location for violation of TBL noise. Loud party when Officers arrived. Approximately 40+ guests at house. Many college aged and consuming alcohol.

Arrested:

XXXXXXX, 164 Sunset Avenue, Amherst,MA, age 22
Zachary Wilgus, 164 Sunset Ave, Amherst, MA, age 21
Thomas Griffin, Westchester Rd, Jamaica Plain, MA age 21