Posted on 06/24/2015 7:49:51 AM PDT by Wolfie
16 Police Forces Called to Bloody Wedding Brawl
NEWSER) A wedding reception in Berks County, Pa., turned into something resembling a regional police convention when officers from 16 forces turned up to deal with rowdy guestsincluding the groom, who spent his wedding night in jail. From what police could piece together, the reception at a venue in Ontelaunee Township started to turn ugly when partygoer Mandi Groh punched another woman in the face after she complained about Groh allowing her drunk 14-year-old son to drink beer, WFMZ reports.
The brawl grew and, according to a police report, by the time Northern Berks officers turned up, some of the guests were shirtless and bloody, reports the Reading Eagle.
"Several people were trying to be a calming influence in all of this, but at that point, alcohol had taken over," wrote one of the responding officers, who received help from the Fleetwood, Hamburg, Penn State, Berks County, Wyomissing, Bern, Spring, Tilden, Reading, and Muhlenberg forces, among others. The first officers to arrive on the scene had called for all available assistance when the crowd "was getting riled up" and turning on them, the Eagle reports.
Four officers were injured and a total of seven people, including groom Nicholas Papoutsis, who allegedly challenged officers to a fight, were arrested. Police say the "very upset" bride was treated for alcohol poisoning and dehydration, reports the Eagle. As for that 14-year-old, he blew a 0.16, twice the legal limit for adults. What the wedding venue's owner had to say: "I wish the couple luck in the future because it's not a very good start."
We ain’t gots no red necks 13 miles from here. It was the REAL Amish.Or sump’ng.
Honestly, that’s what I pictured them looking like.
What a contrast it was to the Penn-View. Even the cemetary across the street had an elegance to it. I only stayed for one night before making the trip back home. One night at the Penn-View there were some black guys hanging out, drinking and making noise all night and when I left to go to work the next morning, I noticed that they had tossed all of their chicken bones across the parking lot and into the bed of my truck! For few minutes i was thinking “Could they have place a Voodoo curse on me?”...LOL!
People have been shot dead for less.
The restraint shown by the police is really something.
The cops showed some real professionalism in this incident.
No good deed will go unpunished though. The cops made the mistake of showing restraint and professionalism against white criminals.
Expect howls of outrage.
Hold my beer and watch this! ping
As for that 14-year-old, he blew a 0.16, twice the legal limit for adults.
Is there really a legal limit for adults in PA?
I understand a legal limit for driving, but not a limit in general.
They aren't....plenty of those types in my neck of the woods, Wisconsin. I know a guy who started a fist fight at his own wedding.
Three.
It wasn’t an official red neck function unless the Confederate Flag was flying.
> Many kudos to the cops for not letting a very bad situation escalate to gunfire.
+1
There's a legal limit to how drunk an adult can be at a wedding reception?
Guess we’ll have to wait for the wedding photos.
Hmmm...
JEFF FOXWORTHY: “If your wedding photos are police mugshots...”
ROTFLMAO
Mama wouldn’t be please if you brought any of those freaks home for dinner.
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