For two weekends in a row, parties in the college town of
On Saturday, one young man was stabbed and another struck in the head at a large party off campus, police said.
The previous weekend, uninvited guests at an on-campus fraternity party robbed students at gunpoint and stole a car, authorities said.
“”With modern technology you can get hundreds of people to a spot within an hour,”” Doroshov said. Those who show up uninvited may be “”more likely to do something anti-social,”” he said.
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Most of the 200 partygoers, who had gathered around the swimming pool, scattered when police arrived, he said.
Officers found a 19-year-old man with a head injury near the pool. Another victim, 18, walked into the
Both victims were from
Police said they didn’t know what the fight was about. They made no arrests. Doroshov said the party, like others thrown by young people, likely mushroomed beyond the hosts’ control.
In last weekend’s party violence,
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Two men had been asked to leave a party at the on-campus fraternity, police said. One of them approached four men outside, including two
The men reportedly took car keys from the fraternity house and stole a car. While attempting to flee, they crashed the car into the wall of a day care center, according to police.
Officers later found a gun in the day care playground.
“”The suspects had arrived at the NAK house as part of a group of men, all uninvited and unknown to the party hosts, and started causing trouble,”” police said in a university news release.
Officers apprehended
Both Chavez and the other man are believed to be gang members, police said.
Chavez was arraigned on car theft and weapons charges Thursday, authorities said.
The other man escaped on foot. Police described him as a Latino male in his 20s, about 5-foot-8 with a medium build. He has a tattoo on his neck that says “”678,”” police said.
One of the robbery victims — a
But he said he understood why people would come to the relatively safe, affluent college town and cause trouble.
“”People come from distances to do crime here,”” he said, “”because they know we’re soft.””