State College Police prepared for this year’s State Patty’s day by calling for back-up from other agencies. The Pennsylvania State Police even sent their police horses to help patrol around State College, much like they did in preparation for post-game riots following the Ohio State game upset and Big Ten Championship win. Despite the increase in police presence meant to discourage disruptive behavior, party goers had police respond to over 215 incidents this State Patty’s day weekend.

Fighting

Police this State Patty’s weekend responded to over 20 assaults, harassment and domestic disputes. One call police responded to was where a female friend of a man’s ex-girlfriend punched him in the face at a South Barnard Street party on Saturday night, according to police reports.

Drinking

State Patty’s day started as a celebration to make-up for missing Saint Patrick’s Day, a holiday known for drinking. Police gave out citations or arrested 17 people this weekend for being drunk in public. People under 21 who tried to get involved in the festivities also caught the eye of the police, with over 22 underage citations handed out this week end. With people moving from party to party during the holiday weekend the police also gave 19 people citations for carrying opened containers of alcohol with them, according to police.

Driving

With unseasonably warm weather on Friday night, some people on Beaver Avenue saw Steven Quiroga crash his motorcycle near Chrome around 7:30 p.m. Quiroga left the scene before police arrived but later was found, charges pending.

Police cited four people with driving under the influence this weekend.

One man got his citation for falling asleep with his car running, police said. Another man nearly crashed his car into Simmons hall early Saturday morning, as previously reported by The Daily Collegian.

Police responded to five crashes over the weekend as well, according to police reports.

Party Crashing

Police shut down a number of parties over the weekend — some at the host’s own request. Police helped clear out a 200-person party on South Burrowes Street shortly after midnight on Saturday into Sunday. Police helped clear out another one of these parties on College Avenue as well.

One party got shut down on the 100 block of Fairmont Avenue when a deck collapsed from the weight of too many party goers. No injuries in relation to this incident were reported.

Police sent out a message that they would give no warnings for noise complaints. Some people didn’t acknowledge it and received a $750 citation. The police handled over 28 noise complaints — the most received complaint — during the weekend.

Stranger Things

State College provided no shortage of oddities for the police over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon someone called the police with a report of gun shots, on West Beaver Avenue. Police arrived to find the source of the noise, a potato gun.

A woman allegedly stole chicken tenders from McLanahan’s on College Avenue. Police charged the tendy taker with retail theft. Two bikes were also stolen over the weekend, according to police.

On Friday night police responded to a smelly situation — someone pooped on a man’s car in the garage of the Palmerton, according to police.

On Saturday night police received an unconfirmed report of four men running up the stairs of University Gateway apartments, one of the men allegedly held a handgun. The report specified the men looked “Middle Eastern,” police said.