Police: Big-city excitement proves too much for one group of suburbanites

Well, OK, and one local. Boston Police report an effort to get one woman to stop yelling obscenities outside the Distrct Restaurant and Lounge on Lincoln Street turned into a melee that ended with the arrest of five people around 1 a.m. today.

Police describe a chain reaction of arrests after the woman refused to shut up and kept screaming obscenities:

While officers were escorting Suspect Dutton to the police cruiser, officers observed a white male (Suspect #2) approach them. While approaching the officers, officers observed Suspect #2 flailing his arms and making aggressive gestures towards several people. Suspect #2 then proceeded to yell and scream obscenities at the officers. When instructed to stop, Suspect #2, instead, punched one of the officers in the arm. ... [W]hile officers were struggling with Suspect #2, officers observed a third individual (Suspect #3) walk over to the police cruiser, occupied by Suspect #1 (Dutton), and attempt to open the cruiser door in an effort to free Suspect #1. Suspect #3 ... was arrested and charged with Being a Disorderly Person. While officers were attempting to escort Suspect #3 into a police cruiser, another individual (Suspect #4) attempted to interfere in the arrest of Suspect #3 by grabbing onto Suspect #3's clothing in an effort to pull her away from the officers. Officers arrested Suspect #4 ... and charged him with Being a Disorderly Person and Assault & Battery on a Police Officer. (But wait ... there's more.)

Yes, the report says "But wait .. there's more." In the end, four people from Bradford and neighboring Haverhill got to experience the inside of a Boston police station, as did one Boston resident.

Innocent, etc.