A baby shower broke out into bedlam as bottles — and bodies — went flying in a chaotic scene erupting among 200 guests, according to police in Massachusetts.
“Oh my God. It was just nonstop. There would be a skirmish in this corner, we’d go over to address it, and then another one would start up somewhere else,” Stoughton police Sgt. Daniel McGowan told The Enterprise newspaper of Saturday’s fete-turned-free-for-all.
“It was a nightmare," he added.
Police in Stoughton, south of Boston, were called to Club Luis De Camoes, decorated with balloons and pink tablecloths, to break up a small fight at the bar after 11 p.m. Another officer was already at the social hall working as security detail.
Party crashers allegedly ignited the booze-filled brawl, which went at full tilt after a man was “sucker punched,” Stoughton police Executive Officer Robert Devine told the Boston Herald.
“My brother got Tased right in front of me and a police officer pushed me on top of him,” mom-to-be Maria Depina, 22, told the Herald. “(The police) could have done a better job.”
Paulo Pires Depina, 24, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday along with Aderito Lopes DeAndrade, 22, and Patrick Cardoso Lopes, 24, who looked exceptionally happy in his mugshot.
The men, all from Brockton, Mass., were charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault and battery on an officer. A 14-year-old juvenile was also arrested on the same charges.
“I didn’t even get to cut the cake,” she added.
Four officers suffered scrapes and bruises in the melee, which took five other law enforcement agencies to quell. Police declined to release surveillance video of the fighting.
“They’re here for the protection of the guests and they turn the tables on the officer and the other officers that came down cause of what was going on,” he said. “It’s sad.”
“Oh my God. It was just nonstop. There would be a skirmish in this corner, we’d go over to address it, and then another one would start up somewhere else,” Stoughton police Sgt. Daniel McGowan told The Enterprise newspaper of Saturday’s fete-turned-free-for-all.
“It was a nightmare," he added.
Police in Stoughton, south of Boston, were called to Club Luis De Camoes, decorated with balloons and pink tablecloths, to break up a small fight at the bar after 11 p.m. Another officer was already at the social hall working as security detail.
Party crashers allegedly ignited the booze-filled brawl, which went at full tilt after a man was “sucker punched,” Stoughton police Executive Officer Robert Devine told the Boston Herald.
“The behavior (of the partygoers) was appalling,” Devine said. “They not only put officers at risk, but their own children at risk during all this.”
The guest of honor’s brother was arrested after she said he “flipped a table” when his 6-month-old child got “thrown across the room.”“My brother got Tased right in front of me and a police officer pushed me on top of him,” mom-to-be Maria Depina, 22, told the Herald. “(The police) could have done a better job.”
Paulo Pires Depina, 24, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday along with Aderito Lopes DeAndrade, 22, and Patrick Cardoso Lopes, 24, who looked exceptionally happy in his mugshot.
The men, all from Brockton, Mass., were charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault and battery on an officer. A 14-year-old juvenile was also arrested on the same charges.
Maria Depina, who is eight months pregnant with her first child, a girl, said she was horrified at the violence.
“My niece got shoved across the room,” Depina told the Herald. “She’s only 2 months old. A kid got hit in the head with a table. I was very scared. It’s still a shock to me.”“I didn’t even get to cut the cake,” she added.
Four officers suffered scrapes and bruises in the melee, which took five other law enforcement agencies to quell. Police declined to release surveillance video of the fighting.
“We just started to try to calm people down, break up a few fights, and slowly get people on their way,” Sgt. McGowan said. “But no one would comply to any of our requests, not the oldest person, not the youngest person.”
Joao Vasconcelos, a member of Club Luis De Camoes, told NBC affiliate WHDH that people should have heeded the police from the start.“They’re here for the protection of the guests and they turn the tables on the officer and the other officers that came down cause of what was going on,” he said. “It’s sad.”
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