Saturday, May 20, 2000
Dozens charged after wild party
Boy accused of using dad's empty house
By David Eck
Enquirer Contributor
CARLISLE — A teen party gone wild has more than three dozen people, including 27 juveniles and 11 adults, facing charges ranging from aggravated menacing to criminal trespass.
Police say a 17-year-old Franklin boy broke into his father's empty Fairview Drive house on April 15 and hosted a party that went on for a week. The father was away on vacation and gave no one permission to use the house. Damage from the party was estimated at $30,000.
In addition to littering the entire house with beer cans and dirt, those at the party bashed the walls in with hammers and shovels, pushed a television through a wall, poured liquid into stereo equipment, ruined furniture, left blood on the walls, kicked out spindles from the stairway and porches, and trashed every room.
“This should never have happened.” said Carlisle Acting Police Chief Robert Pieper. “It was probably one of the worst trashed houses I've ever seen in my career.”
The boy is charged with vandalism and burglary, both felonies, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for using his father's van. The other 26 juveniles are facing mostly criminal trespass charges, but one boy is charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly waving a gun during the party, Chief Pieper said.
Most of those cases are expected to be handled by Carlisle Mayor's Court, which could impose an alternative program for juvenile offenders in lieu of sending them to Warren County Juvenile Court. The juveniles who attended the party were ages 15-17.
The adults charged were ages 18-20. The boy's mother is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failing to report a crime. She found out about the party halfway through it, but did not report it, Chief Pieper said.
The adults will appear in Carlisle Mayor's Court on May 24.
“It all started with a party,” Chief Pieper said. “He never meant for it to get as big as it did. I've never seen one going for a week.”
The boy had stayed with his father the night before the dad went on vacation.
No one reported the party or damage. When the father came home, he called police.
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