Washington state teen calls police to break up his own party

Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2014


Washington state teen calls police to break up his own party

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state teenager who threw a party rife with underage drinking and drug use while his parents were away called police to intervene after a rowdy throng busted a neighbors fence and fights broke out, local media said on Wednesday. The 16-year-old, whose parents were in Portland, called the authorities to break up his own bash after scores of revelers descended on the home on Saturday night in Puyallup, south of Seattle, local station KOMO-TV reported. ...

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