Spring Break
111 arrested over Spring Weekend, more than double last year's arrests
Julie Stagis
Issue date: 4/27/09 Section: News
The unseasonably warm weather this Spring Weekend lent itself to huge gatherings at Celeron Square Apartments and X Lot Friday and Saturday nights, drawing crowds as big as 10,000 and 15,000 people, respectively, according to UConn Police.
X Lot drew about 3,000 more people than last year, according to police estimates.
The weather also seemed to incite rowdiness amongst partygoers, as UConn police made a total of 90 arrests over the course of the three nights. Most of the arrests - 72, about 80 percent - were not UConn students.
In addition to the 90 arrests by UConn police, the state police arrested 21 people. The number of these that were UConn students was not disclosed.
This year's arrests amount to more than double those of last year. The Daily Campus reported 51 arrests occurred between Thursday and Saturday of last Spring Weekend. Only 19 were UConn students.
The charges included criminal trespasses, narcotics offenses (for cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana), weapons offenses, interfering with a police officer, breach of peace, inciting to riot and reckless endangerment.
The majority of Thursday night's arrests were either possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, breach of peace or interfering with an officer. Only one of the 13 arrests that occurred that night happened at Carriage House Apartments, the site of Thursday night's party.
UConn police issued 27 infractions for alcohol offenses, simple trespass and creating a public disturbance on Friday and Saturday nights. Again, police noted that the majority of these infractions - 74 percent, or 20 of the 27 people - were not UConn students.
The police maintained a vigilant stance all weekend, which some students thought was overbearing.
"I felt like the cops were out there just to arrest people. I felt that they were being unfair," said Jaime Gullotti, a 6th-semester marketing major who knew one of the students who was arrested.
UConn police broke up the parties at 12:30 a.m. each night.
X Lot drew about 3,000 more people than last year, according to police estimates.
The weather also seemed to incite rowdiness amongst partygoers, as UConn police made a total of 90 arrests over the course of the three nights. Most of the arrests - 72, about 80 percent - were not UConn students.
In addition to the 90 arrests by UConn police, the state police arrested 21 people. The number of these that were UConn students was not disclosed.
This year's arrests amount to more than double those of last year. The Daily Campus reported 51 arrests occurred between Thursday and Saturday of last Spring Weekend. Only 19 were UConn students.
The charges included criminal trespasses, narcotics offenses (for cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana), weapons offenses, interfering with a police officer, breach of peace, inciting to riot and reckless endangerment.
The majority of Thursday night's arrests were either possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, breach of peace or interfering with an officer. Only one of the 13 arrests that occurred that night happened at Carriage House Apartments, the site of Thursday night's party.
UConn police issued 27 infractions for alcohol offenses, simple trespass and creating a public disturbance on Friday and Saturday nights. Again, police noted that the majority of these infractions - 74 percent, or 20 of the 27 people - were not UConn students.
The police maintained a vigilant stance all weekend, which some students thought was overbearing.
"I felt like the cops were out there just to arrest people. I felt that they were being unfair," said Jaime Gullotti, a 6th-semester marketing major who knew one of the students who was arrested.
UConn police broke up the parties at 12:30 a.m. each night.
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