High school tradition gets out of hand, brings cops, arrest near Boston
(CBS) SAUGUS, Mass. - An annual tradition for the senior class at Saugus High School got out of control over the weekend, ending with an arrest, and a student getting hit by a police car, CBS Boston reported.
"When you see the windows of cars being smashed and rocks flying everywhere it was just crazy," said senior Joey Aversa.
Seniors at the school about 10 miles north of Boston were camping out in front of the school in tents - that's their part in the tradition - when it came time for the junior class to play a little joke on them (that's the other part of the tradition). Only this time, according to CBS Boston, the juniors climbed on top of the roof and began throwing water balloons and eggs at the graduates-soon-to-be. Some of them retaliated by throwing whatever they could find, including, in some cases, rocks.
Moments later police arrived on scene. One student was arrested for malicious destruction of a motor vehicle.
"Absolute chaos. Like something you would see in movie," Aversa said.
Another student was injured when she was accidentally hit by a police cruiser. "I blacked out. I don't remember being hit. I just remember rolling on top of the roof and then onto the ground hurting my back and chin," senior Janine Bourque told CBS Boston.
School committee member Arthur Grabowski says he was unaware of this tradition. "The people of the town are disturbed. This should never have happened. There should've been supervision. We take these matters seriously," Grabowski said.
The School Committee plans to bring the matter up next week with the superintendent at their next meeting.