NY - home trashed by hundreds of partying teens

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NFL Star Brian Holloway
6 Arrested For Trashing Crib
Hundreds More May Be Busted

Sometimes it doesn't pay to party ... 6 youngins were arrested Thursday for causing 10s of thousands of dollars in damage after breaking into the house of former New England Patriots' star Brian Holloway ... and now TMZ has learned more than 200 others could be arrested as well.

As we previously reported ... Holloway claims hundreds of teens broke into his house near Albany and trashed it over Labor Day weekend.


Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/09/27/6-bri...se-albany-new-england-patriots/#ixzz2g754MBhd
 
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"Six people who allegedly facilitated a massive unauthorized party — which left a former NFL lineman's New York home trashed as he watched it unfold on Twitter — have been arrested and were due to appear in court Thursday evening, officials said.

The arrests came after a three-week investigation of a raucous Labor Day weekend party at a property owned by former New England Patriots and Los Angeles Raiders lineman Brian Holloway.

"Today's arrests send a strong message to the youth in our community, this kind of behavior will not be tolerated," Rensselaer County Sheriff Jack Mahar said in a statement Thursday.

The six alleged ringleaders include:

— Seth Hawk, 19, of Grafton, N.Y., who was charged with third-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal mischief, both felonies; and endangering the welfare of a child and unlawfully dealing with a child, both misdemeanors, for allegedly organizing, advertising and providing alcohol for the party.

— Juan Santana, 20, of Grafton, N.Y., who was charged with second-degree criminal trespass, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawfully dealing with a child for allegedly providing alcohol for the party, all misdemeanors.

— Cody D. Blain, 21, of Berlin, N.Y., who was charged with second-degree criminal trespass, endangering the welfare of a child and unlawfully dealing with a child for allegedly providing alcohol for the party, all misdemeanors.

— Meghan Loiselle, 18, of Green Island, N.Y., who was charged with felony fourth-degree grand larcey for allegedly stealing a granite eagle statue worth upwards of $1,200, as well as second-degree criminal trespass.

— Mackenzie Grogan, 17, of Cohoes, who was charged with fourth-degree felony grand larceny for allegedly stealing the eagle statue, as well as second-degree criminal trespass.

— Keely C. Sullivan, 18, of Troy, N.Y., who was charged with fourth-degree felony grand larceny for allegedly stealing the eagle statue, as well as second-degree criminal trespass."

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...ng-wild-party-at-ex-nflers-new-york-home?lite
 
  • #44
If I had done this - I would rather face the cops and jail than my parents.

Thanks for updating the thread everyone...
 
  • #45
So high schoolers and college kids were all partying together? Sad. It looks like it was college kids who threw the party and shouldn't you know better by that age to not break and enter and wreck someone's house (well actually you should know better at age 5), and why you would even want high schoolers at the party, anyway?
 
  • #46
eileenhawkeye said:
So high schoolers and college kids were all partying together? Sad. It looks like it was college kids who threw the party and shouldn't you know better by that age to not break and enter and wreck someone's house, and why you would even want high schoolers at the party, anyway?
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I wonder if there is any evidence that tickets were sold to get into this party? Would that lead to additional charges?
 
  • #47
matou said:
I wonder if there is any evidence that tickets were sold to get into this party? Would that lead to additional charges?
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I would say, it's pretty much a guarantee that there was a cover fee. The losers who bought the alcohol for the 300 guests need to make their money back somehow. I'm not sure if it would lead to additional charges though, besides providing alcohol to minors.
 
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What Happened at Brian Holloway's House?. (Grantland)
An NFL player's empty home. A massive teenage party. A tailor-made story of
social-media shaming and a former star wronged. Until you dig deeper, that is.
 
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What these kids were doing was wrong.
- Trespassing.
- Breaking into a residence.
- Asking others to join them in trespassing.
- Serving alcohol to (other) minors.
- Underage drinking, leading to some of them DWI, DUI (they did not arrive by taxi, imo).
Damaging personal property of others.

Did it matter whether there were 2, 20, or 200 kids?
Did it matter whether there was $2000 or $20,000 of damage to the property?
Did the property belong to them?
Was it theirs to (even partially) destroy, whether a fixer-upper home or a royal palace?
No, no, no, no, imo.

The homeowner asked those who went to his property to identify themselves and to assist in the cleanup and repair.
Per recent articles, a few came forward to help, with sweat equity-type restitution.

Isn't this the main goal, or one of the main goals, of our criminal justice system?

As for the others who did not come forward?
Despite photo & vid evidence avail, will they plead not guilty?
What will they learn if attorneys paid by their parents (or pub-def'r) successfully defend them, and they suffer no consequences?

Can they can learn something, other than their criminal behavior does not lead to criminal consequences? I hope so.

I'm glad arrests were made.

What Happened at Brian Holloway's House?. (Grantland)
 
  • #52
Just above I posted re the partiers and now my thoughts on a few issues re homeowner.
Short version
Homeowner's actions after the event, described in grantland.com, are virtually irrelevant to teens' arrests & charges
(but that does not mean he's invited to dinner at my house).

Long version
1. Repair estimates.
If homeowner posted (on helpmesave300.com his website) an inflated estimated cost of repairs,
that seems misleading or wrong.
Contractors and homeowners involved in home repairs know estimates tend to cover a wide range.
The grantland.com article reported that an area contractor or builder said
a new buyer would (be likely?) to tear down the home and start from ground up, my paraphrasing.
This, like most other unattributed statements, I read w a serving of salt.
Whether the repair costs would be $2000, $20,000 or $40,000, h
e and his family did not invite the partiers to the home or property, AFAIK.
If a horde of teens broke into your house, with or without damage,
while you were out of town, what would your reaction be?
If his estimate was inflated, was it criminal? IDK.
But an inflated estimate does not give the trespassing, destructive partiers a free pass.

2. Funds Solicitation
He posted:
"If you were one of the students involved, I would encourage you to come forward. ….
consider making a donation to help the fight against Breast Cancer instead of donations to help repair the damage"
That phrasing and the idea both seem, well, puzzling.

Does that quote say - a Visa or check payment to HelpMeSave300 will be directed to a organization for breast cancer?
In reading it, I don‘t think so, but it’s easy to interpret that way.

helpsave300.com is just another privately operated site on the web, IMO.
If it suggests people donate to breast cancer, IMO, if ppl want to donate to Breast Cancer,
they can make a tax-deductible donation to a 501(c)(3) charitable organization for breast cancer treatment, research, etc.,
not just to some random dude w a website.
If in fact he operates a legit 501(c)(3) charitable organization to help youth, etc., then fine.
But that does not make it a breast cancer charitable organization.

If his website is misleading, it’s misleading.
If it is criminally fraudulent, he can be criminally charged.

Again, his actions subsequent to the party attended by underage-drinking, breaking-in, destructive teens
does not give the partiers a free pass, IMO.


ETA:
The grantland.com article linked his affidavit - saying he had not authorized anyone to enter the property, but ….
Did he or his son said to buddies - Feel free use the home to pop a keg, while we are in FL,
to sow the seeds for such a party, and eventually reap publicity for his motivational speaker business?
The foreclosure on the home leads me to consider it.
I hope not, but my inner cynic says it’s possible.

JM2cts :seeya:
 
  • #53
It's interesting to me that these stories come out about what condition the house was in and how there probably wasn't that much damage done. My house is no where near worth a million dollars does that mean it would be more okay for people to break in and throw a party? It's wrong. If it doesn't belong to you, its wrong. It doesn't matter if the owner isn't using it or hasn't taken the best care of it or is behind on payments...it's wrong.





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  • #54
Is it too difficult for parents to teach children, and for children and teens and adults to learn and understand, that before going to private property, they need to be invited by homeowners (family)?

The teen partiers were not showing up at a street festival w the public invited.
Even if, say a birthday party, were being held at a public park, people should not show up
unless they are invited by the host/sponsor.

Is teens' principal group social life a big Animal House toga party,
floating from home to home without owners' consent?
[insert cranky old senior smiley here - Stay off my lawn!]
 
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