Party Crashers
Jill and Dan Abbett of East Bridgewater, Mass., returned from a vacation to Paris to find their home in shambles following a "rager" of a party.
Alex Abbett, 18, was left to stay with friends while the rest of his family went to Paris. On February 20, he went home to let his cat out when he was approached by another teen, asking him to have a party at his house that night. Alex agreed and invited several people to come to his house. The teen, however, allegedly posted on Facebook that there was to be a party and to call or text for more information. As many as 100 people showed up.
According to police reports, party attendees broke antique furniture, smashed fixtures, damaged the floors, ceilings and walls. The house was also looted. Among the missing items were a laptop computer, a video game console, jewelry, alcohol and more.
"It looked like a scene from Animal House, but worse" Detective Michael Jenkins said.
Even worse, the teens allegedly left a surprise in every room. "The smell of stale urine," Abbett remarks, is what stands out for him the most. "They urinated on every mattress, in every room, and in every clothes drawer."
Overwhelmed with the destruction, the Abbetts have had numerous contractors in to assess the damages. So far, the insurance has come up with a figure of $45,000 in damages.
"This has turned our lives upside down, we've all been victimized by this," Jill Abbett said. "This has left our house and my family in ruins."
Michael Edwards, 17, Gersham Grossman, 18, and Daniel Peterson, 18, are all facing charges as adults for the damage caused to the Abbett's home during the out of control party. Grossman has been charged with malicious damage to a motor vehicle and use of a motor vehicle without permission. Edwards and Peterson have been charged with malicious destruction of property. All three have plead not guilty to their charges.
We definitely wouldn't want to collect the DNA evidence in this case....
Source: ABC News
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Posted by Vic, Orlando FL on April 7, 2010:
Thank goodness that it was in the seventies! My brother was turning 17 and I don't know where our parents went, but we had decided to throw a party. He asked his school friends and I, my work friends (this, of course was PRE-computer/video game - unless you count Pong or Goh) When he came home from school he said he had bad news. "I heard someone in the hall say, 'that's the guy with the party' and I've never seen the guy before".
We ended up with a 2 day rave.. school kids from 4pm-2am, young 20 yr olds from 1am-6am, rest, repeat.
We were lucky to "get away with" one broken towel rack and several cigarette burns on the kitchen linoleum.
We hauled off about 30 - 40 gallon trash bags of trash and for some reason I don't remember our parents mentioning a thing. Could have been because we had vacuumed the house.. weird.
Posted by Green, Chicago on April 10, 2010:
Had a friend whose family had moved, but they still had their old house. It was up for sale, empty of everything but appliances. He sent word out to the school that it was party time that weekend, and we rolled in stereo equipment, kegs and other party equipment. We had a great time, but apparently the host got a little wasted and passed out in an [empty] bathtub.
He awoke the next morning as the realtor unlocking the front door with the showing that had been scheduled. Needless to say, there was no sale that day and the realtor busted my friend to his family. I think he might still be grounded to this day.
Posted by Bob in Illinois on April 10, 2010:
"We definitely wouldn't want to collect the DNA evidence in this case...."
Actually Randy I think we would want DNA from this group that way we would know when to throw out the baby with the bathwater.
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I didn't say collecting DNA would be a bad idea, I'm saying none of us would want to collect it. -rc