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[BIV]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14548523/

[Multiple Miggs]

pics, please.

[Rob]

18 teens busted at giant Epping bash

By RILEY YATES
The Union Leader
Aug. 28
EPPING, N.H. - A back-to-school party with lingerie-clad women and a New York disc jockey was broken up by authorities early yesterday morning at a rural home and business off Prescott Road, police said.

Liquor enforcement agents told police the party was one of the largest they had ever seen, pulling in 350 to 600 people, including underage drinkers, Epping Police Chief Gregory Dodge said.

"We certainly were outnumbered and we got to the point where it could have been pretty volatile," Dodge said.

Eighteen were arrested and police intend to charge the host for facilitating an underage drinking party, Dodge said. Many revelers were able to flee into the woods to avoid authorities, he said.

State investigators found a loaded AK-47 in the trunk of the car of two party-goers arrested behind Xtra Mart convenience store later in the morning, police said.

The host, Paul Gatchell of 44 Prescott Road, yesterday said police had overblown the party, which he maintained was under control and smaller than stated. No one was stationed to check identifications, but teenagers trying to sneak in were turned away, he said.

Gatchell denied women were encouraged to wear lingerie, as police alleged. The New York DJ grew up in Exeter and drives a car with New Hampshire plates, using the Big Apple to promote himself, he said.

"It's a bunch of people getting together and enjoying each other's company," said Gatchell, 35, an Epping High School graduate who runs Gatchell Excavation. "I don't see how that could be wrong."

Gatchell said he holds a handful of outdoor events each year that are spread through word of mouth. People swim at a pond on the 43-acre property, eat barbecue and listen to music from a stage he's set up. He said he always invites his neighbors to attend.

On Saturday night, about 100 to 150 people showed up to hear three bands, said Gatchell. For the first time, he charged a cover, in order to pay the musicians.

Police arrived hours before the event, parking in front of the property and intending to make arrests, Gatchell said.

"It seems like they were looking for a situation to happen," he said. "But there was no situation."

Police said 23 local and state officers with a warrant moved to break up the party at 12:54 a.m. The crowd became unruly as police started shutting the music down, and authorities called in University of New Hampshire police and their van and riot control equipment.

As the party dispersed, police began checking identifications. Eleven people were arrested for internal possession of alcohol, four were taken into protective custody and one person was charged for resisting arrest and simple assault against one of the police officers, police said.

The DJ, who identified himself as Statik Selektah, said police kept asking people for identification, "but weren't catching anybody."

"It looked to me that everyone was of age," said Selektah, who wouldn't give his real name. "They just shut it down anyway."

Selektah said he was arrested and put in a squad car.

"Basically to avoid a riot they let me go," he said. "People were chanting my name, like, free Statik.'"

Dodge said the party drew people from as far as Haverhill, Mass., as well as the Epping, Newmarket and Fremont area. Police were investigating how the event was advertised, he said.

"It was very organized," Dodge said.

Gatchell has hosted other parties that police have had suspicions about, Dodge said. This one drew noise complaints from as far as the Hamilton Heights neighborhood, about 1 and 1/2 to two miles away, he said.

Two neighbors defended Gatchell, saying they have no complaints about the events he hosts.

On Prescott Road, houses sit far from each other. Woods line a street that eventually snakes to the historic home of Gov. Benjamin Prescott.

"He has parties here all the time. It doesn't bother me," said one man, who would not give his name. He added: "There's been louder times than last night."

The other neighbor said Gatchell is a "good guy" who recently loaned her equipment to help her paint her house. She said she doubts underage drinkers were invited to the party.

"I know when I was in high school and when I heard there was a party like that, I'd go find it," said Kathy, who declined to provide her last name.

Gatchell, "just likes to have a good time," she said. "We all know Gatch is going to have a party."Gatchell said his girlfriend's parents live across the street and attended the event. His 10-year-old daughter was not there this time, but usually helps drive people around in a golf cart, he said.

Only once before have police come onto the property during a party, Gatchell said. The other time, they did not bring charges, he said.

"I'm trying to live the American dream," said Gatchell. "And I guess people don't like that."



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[Iron Duke]

Half-naked teens and assault rifles. I have to go rub one out now. Seeya!!

[MetalSign]

What a fucking joke. Fucking Pigs have nothing else better to do.

I guess that is the way the system is designed.

I hate pigs, fucking animals.

It doesn't look like anything illegal was going on, and the shutdown may have been excessive, but thats a little harsh. People like you are the reason I stopped studying criminal justice.

It's a hard fucking job and almost nobody has respect for the police. There are awful asshole cops, but to lump them altogether is like saying you hate Germany because of the Nazis. Almost my entire family has been employed by the local PD and we're lucky nothing serious has ever happened to them.

[THE FEZ MAN]

wana bet one of the cops was looking for there daughter or wife. ive thrown partys that big and quite organized. we never had problems with the cops but it was possable we never carded anyone and all our kids were there. there was something else going on. the party thower shit in someones hat

[Ol'BloodyBottom]

My pee pee moved when I read the title.

[click]

Are there even 600 people in Epping, NH ? I hateteh google

[BIV]

It doesn't look like anything illegal was going on, and the shutdown may have been excessive, but thats a little harsh. People like you are the reason I stopped studying criminal justice.

It's a hard fucking job and almost nobody has respect for the police. There are awful asshole cops, but to lump them altogether is like saying you hate Germany because of the Nazis. Almost my entire family has been employed by the local PD and we're lucky nothing serious has ever happened to them.

But I do hate Germany because of the Nazis.

[westben2002]

holy shit thats hot

[robinquivers]

an update

An Epping man has been charged in connection with a large party and concert he held more than a week ago at his 43-acre rural home.

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GATCHELL
Paul Gatchell, 35, of 44 Prescott Road, turned himself in to police Friday on misdemeanor charges he hosted an underage drinking party, provided alcohol to minors, and created a noisy disturbance.
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Police say the Aug. 30 party drew as many as 600 people and could be heard from as far 1 1/2 miles away. Eighteen were arrested, mostly for internal possession of alcohol.

Gatchell, who owns an excavation business, has accused police of targeting him because he is successful in town. He has disputed the size of the party and maintained teenagers sneaked in without his knowledge.

The arrest includes a charge of facilitating an underage drinking party, a relatively new law that could bring up to a year in prison.

Since the Legislature enacted it in 2004, well more than 100 people have been charged under the party-host law's provisions, including high-profile cases in Gilford, Derry and Claremont.

Pushed by Dover Youth-to-Youth, a student group, the law makes it a crime to host a drinking party with five or more non-relatives under 21.

Gatchell also faces 12 counts of prohibited sales, one count of disorderly conduct for the noise the party created and a violation level charge of hosting a large assembly without a permit.

Police Sgt. Jason Newman said the prohibited sales counts reflect the 12 minors taken into custody at the party who had been drinking.

"We're not alleging he sold the alcohol," Newman said. "Under the law you can't sell, give away, cause, allow or provide" minors with liquor.

Gatchell did not return a phone call yesterday.

Previously he has said revelers tried to turn away teenagers, though no one was stationed to check identifications.

Police, "just kept driving by," Gatchell said the day after the party. "I was saying, What are you doing? If you have a problem come and talk to us.'"

"There's 100 to 150 people dancing in a crowd with music," Gatchell also said. "I don't know why it's a big deal."

The concert featured three bands and charged a cover in order to pay the musicians. It was among a handful that Gatchell hosts each year on his property, events he said he spreads through word of mouth. Neighbors on the secluded, woods-lined and sparsely housed road have defended Gatchell, saying the parties do not bother them.

Newman said police do not plan to respond to Gatchell's and others' comments.

"We don't want to litigate this in the media," he said. "We want to let the courts make a decision on this."

Gatchell is free on his own recognizance. An arraignment is scheduled Oct. 6 in Exeter District Court.

[mascan42]

Newman said police do not plan to respond to Gatchell's and others' comments.

"We don't want to litigate this in the media," he said. "We want to let the courts make a decision on this."
Translation: We don't have a case.

BTW, don't expect to see any camera phone pics from the party show up on the web. If they haven't been submitted as evidence yet, they will be.

[THE FEZ MAN]

they will bust him for charging for the party and not collecting tax or some thing.

and as i stated before some cop has a hard on for him. that shit happens all the tim e

[kharma]

I <3 NH... "Internal Possession":rolleyes:

[NoSurviivors]

Yeah.. internal possesion.. what the hell kinda shit is that??!

and WTF is this doing on MSNBC?? hard hitting news? Riight

[robinquivers]

Yeah.. internal possesion.. what the hell kinda shit is that??!



Basically, if you are under 21, have alcohol on your breath, you are in possession of it, must be taken into custody and released to a parent. There have been several lawsuits against cities and towns where the police took the alcohol away and sent the kids on there way and later on, a death or serious injury took place. Its the litigious society we live in today that brought on that law. Need I go on.