It was a good time...
Brawl mars Regis dance
By Laura Crimaldi / News Staff Writer
Sunday, November 2, 2003
WESTON -- A Regis College Halloween dance turned ugly early yesterday morning after a dispute at the student union touched off a parking lot melee that left one man stabbed in the thigh and six people under arrest.
Numerous fights erupted in a parking lot near Angela Hall just before 1 a.m. after a dispute between two groups shut down a dance sponsored by the campus multi-cultural group AHANA, according to police and college officials.
"It was a sight to behold. You'd be in the parking lot and have one fight under control when the next one would break out," said Weston Police Sgt. Daniel Maguire. "Have you ever gone to Fenway Park and seen the wave? Well, that's what it looked like."
It took 30 officers from campus police, Weston, Waltham, Lincoln, Sudbury, Newton, Wayland, Wellesley and state police in Framingham and Weston to contain the 300-plus crowd, Maguire said.
None of the people involved in the melee is a student at Regis College nor the Art Institute, a Boston-based school that houses students on the Weston campus.
"They screen (visitors) as they are coming in," said Marjorie Arons-Barron, a Regis College spokeswoman. "They had far more people than were expected. There were so many people that came in there were some outsiders that slipped by without checking in."
An unidentified suspect stabbed Samuel Aime, 19, of 655 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, in the right thigh during the mayhem, Maguire said. Knives and broken glass were recovered from the scene, but police do not know what was used to assault Aime.
Aime received six stitches at Newton-Wellesley Hospital before being booked at the Weston Police Department for trespassing and disorderly conduct charges, Maguire said.
Also charged with trespassing and disorderly conducted were Benson Charles, 19, of 3943 Washington St., Apt. 3, Roslindale; Andason Ducasse, 22, of 4 Meacham St., Apt. 7B, Somerville; Calvin Hodge, 20, of 16 West Seldon St., Boston; Jermaine Taylor, 20, of 25 Fairview Road, Apt. 25, Framingham; and Luis Deleon, 20, of 265 Hollis St., Framingham, Maguire said.
They will be arraigned tomorrow morning in Waltham District Court.
The early-morning arrest was the second in a 24-hour period for Hodge, who was arrested in Southborough and charged with driving with a suspended license at 3:36 p.m. on Friday.
People smashed windshields and threw bottles during the fight, police said.
Witnesses spotted another man being beaten under a large group of people, but the victim was taken away by friends before police determine his identity.
Dr. Mary Jane England, president of Regis College, issued a letter to students yesterday offering support to students who witnessed the fight.
"As you know, we have a zero tolerance policy on violence. In accordance with that, those charged in this incident will be permanently banned from campus," she wrote.
Maguire said the incident was out of character for the quiet women's college campus.
"That was highly unusual," he said.
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***Note: More than 20+ folks were cuffed and carted away. Many were later released or summonsed....
Brawl mars Regis dance
By Laura Crimaldi / News Staff Writer
Sunday, November 2, 2003
WESTON -- A Regis College Halloween dance turned ugly early yesterday morning after a dispute at the student union touched off a parking lot melee that left one man stabbed in the thigh and six people under arrest.
Numerous fights erupted in a parking lot near Angela Hall just before 1 a.m. after a dispute between two groups shut down a dance sponsored by the campus multi-cultural group AHANA, according to police and college officials.
"It was a sight to behold. You'd be in the parking lot and have one fight under control when the next one would break out," said Weston Police Sgt. Daniel Maguire. "Have you ever gone to Fenway Park and seen the wave? Well, that's what it looked like."
It took 30 officers from campus police, Weston, Waltham, Lincoln, Sudbury, Newton, Wayland, Wellesley and state police in Framingham and Weston to contain the 300-plus crowd, Maguire said.
None of the people involved in the melee is a student at Regis College nor the Art Institute, a Boston-based school that houses students on the Weston campus.
"They screen (visitors) as they are coming in," said Marjorie Arons-Barron, a Regis College spokeswoman. "They had far more people than were expected. There were so many people that came in there were some outsiders that slipped by without checking in."
An unidentified suspect stabbed Samuel Aime, 19, of 655 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, in the right thigh during the mayhem, Maguire said. Knives and broken glass were recovered from the scene, but police do not know what was used to assault Aime.
Aime received six stitches at Newton-Wellesley Hospital before being booked at the Weston Police Department for trespassing and disorderly conduct charges, Maguire said.
Also charged with trespassing and disorderly conducted were Benson Charles, 19, of 3943 Washington St., Apt. 3, Roslindale; Andason Ducasse, 22, of 4 Meacham St., Apt. 7B, Somerville; Calvin Hodge, 20, of 16 West Seldon St., Boston; Jermaine Taylor, 20, of 25 Fairview Road, Apt. 25, Framingham; and Luis Deleon, 20, of 265 Hollis St., Framingham, Maguire said.
They will be arraigned tomorrow morning in Waltham District Court.
The early-morning arrest was the second in a 24-hour period for Hodge, who was arrested in Southborough and charged with driving with a suspended license at 3:36 p.m. on Friday.
People smashed windshields and threw bottles during the fight, police said.
Witnesses spotted another man being beaten under a large group of people, but the victim was taken away by friends before police determine his identity.
Dr. Mary Jane England, president of Regis College, issued a letter to students yesterday offering support to students who witnessed the fight.
"As you know, we have a zero tolerance policy on violence. In accordance with that, those charged in this incident will be permanently banned from campus," she wrote.
Maguire said the incident was out of character for the quiet women's college campus.
"That was highly unusual," he said.
-END-
***Note: More than 20+ folks were cuffed and carted away. Many were later released or summonsed....
