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Northeastern student learns only David Letterman can throw things from several stories up

Boston Police report arresting a 20-year-old Northeastern student who allegedly spent a good part of Sunday morning throwing stuff out of his third-floor Hemenway Street apartment:

On arrival, officers observed and located several items strewn about the ground including broken beer bottles, broken plates, broken dishes, pots, pans, a window fan, seat cushions from a sofa and a beer ball. Officers further noted a car windshield which appeared to have been damaged by one of the falling objects.

While still on scene, officers observed a white male, apparently unaware of the officer's presence, attempting to push a microwave out of a 3rd story window.

Officers observed the guy, too young to be host of a late-night talk show, to have glassy eyes, slurred speech and an unsteady gait.

Although he did have a sidekick - his roommate, who confirmed the stuff on the ground had come out of their apartment - police nonetheless arrested him on charges of willful and malicious destruction of property and disturbing the peace.

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What's a beer ball?

(I'd google it but I don't need that internet history on my work computer)

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It's about a 5-gallon plastic ball filled with beer that you tap to dispense. It's disposable and smaller than a pony keg so it's good for smaller parties where you don't want to have to return the container afterwards either.

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Well, sort of. They often did have return deposits on them. Nonetheless, they were frequently repurposed for any and all sorts of water holding purposes - water bubblers, fish tanks, ... etc. - by adding valves, tubing, large stoppers.

Genessee Cream Ale, anyone?

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...hell, Methuselah, beer balls were around in the late 70s/early 80s. Actually I figured their novelty had sort of passed and they had been replaced by steel quarter kegs. Maybe you're not old...you're just not enough of an alcoholic.

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Whats worse, having a college student with a messy room or arresting him when he is trying to clean it up?

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Darn. Cake earworm.

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DEFENESTRATION!

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and BU admin takes it seriously. My wife (girlfriend at the time) was nearly expelled for... wait for it... pouring a drink out a second story dorm window.

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Call it scientific research and you can do it for decades with pianos!

http://www.google.com/search?q=mit+piano+drop

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