WTEN Breaking news. Arrests in Stephentown Party

#BREAKING: Police say the first six - out of what are expected to be hundreds of arrests - are being brought to court now facing charges for being ‘key players’ in the large party that took place at former NFL player Brian Holloway's Stephentown home. The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office says they expect to arrest between 100 and 200 young people in connection to the party - a record for one case in the county.

Anya Tucker - WTEN is at court where the arrests are taking place & will have more on NEWS10 ABC tonight.

FULL STORY: http://www.news10.com/story/23538163/record-number-of-arrests-to-be-made-in-break-in-party-at-former-nfl-players-home

Former NFL star's area home damaged after party of 300 teens

Posted: Sep 09, 2013 4:00 PM EDT

By Anya Tucker - email

 

 

STEPHENTOWN, N.Y. - A vacant Rensselaer County home belonging to a former NFL star was trashed after police allege 300 teens broke in, converting the old farmhouse into a wild party house.

Former New England Patriots player Brian Holloway tells NEWS10 ABC he was in Florida on August 31st when he received word that his vacant Stephentown farmhouse was the scene of a large party.

Holloway says he received word of the party from his son, who saw notifications about the party on Twitter, getting tweets that a break-in was going on at the home including drugs, alcohol, and destruction of property. 

The police were called to the scene, where they allegedly found the yard full of cars and around 300 teenaged people running from the home and barns on the property.

Investigators with the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office documented the damage finding walls spray painted, windows broken, floors scuffed by beer kegs and soaked with urine. 

But Holloway says that isn't even the worst of it. He says someone stole an eagle statue that was part of a memorial for his stillborn grandson and very important to his family.