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11 arrested in disturbance after Red Sox game

Eleven people were arrested at the University of Massachusetts early Monday morning during a disturbance in Southwest Residential area for charges ranging from disorderly conduct and failure to disperse to inciting a riot.

According to UMass police chief Barbara O'Connor, an estimated 800 to 1,000 people crowded into the Southwest Mall at approximately 1:23 a.m. to celebrate the Boston Red Sox's victory over the New York Yankees in the five-hour-two-minute game four of the American League Championship Series.

Students reported that the crowd threw rolls of toilet paper in the air and chanted "Yankees suck" and "Who let the dogs out?" O'Connor said people in the crowd took off their shirts, attempted to start a fire, and set off fireworks, prompting her to give the first of two dispersal orders.

"It was the same kind of behavior we saw ... last year," said O'Connor. "I made the decision to disperse the crowd based on that behavior."

According to O'Connor, several crowds formed in different places, complicating the situation for police. A group in Lot 50 near John Quincy Adams tower threatened to roll over a car. Police stopped individuals from throwing rocks at a Coolidge dorm room window that had a sign that read, "Break this window." A third group gathered on top of the Southwest horseshoe.

O'Connor said that despite repeated and ongoing requests for people to leave the area, many students refused to comply with the dispersal order, causing police to fire several rounds of pepper spray. It took over an hour for police to clear the area.

"I would say [the police work] was successful," said O'Connor. "It was unfortunate we had to do what we had to do."

All available UMass police officers were present in Southwest from the beginning of the game, as well as an undisclosed number of undercover officers among the crowd. Three police horses and one K-9 also responded. Police will rely on housing security cameras to review the incident.

The following students were arrested during the disturbance between 1:23 a.m. and 1:41 a.m. on Monday morning.

Andrew P. Triangle, 18, of Reading, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

William A. Cox, 18, of Wollaston, was arrested for disorderly conduct and attempting to commit a crime.

Brendan O. Lattrell, 21, of Amherst, was arrested for inciting a riot and failure to disperse.

Alexander R. Hamilton, 19, of Newbury, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Brett David Miller, 20, of Versailles, Mont., was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

Scott J. Rae, 20, of Shelburne, was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

Hammad S. Chaundhry, 21, of Andover, was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

Charles Thompson, 18, of Nashua, N.H., was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

Carl A. Harmon, 19, of Buckland, was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

Patrick D. Macleod, 19, of Shelburne, was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

Matthew Mark Sullivan, 18, of Easton, was arrested for inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct.

The last Red Sox-related disturbance on the UMass campus took place on Oct. 17, 2003, after the Boston Red Sox lost Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. It ended in 15 arrests and damage to campus building windows and cars as a crowd of 100 ran up Massachusetts Ave.

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BOSTON -- Boston police are investigating injuries suffered by three people during post-game riots Wednesday following the Red Sox win over the Yankees. They said the injuries may have been the result of police use of "less-than-lethal force," according to a police statement.

The Red Sox's historic victory over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night sent thousands of elated Red Sox fans rampaging into the streets of Boston. Police estimated the crowds surged to between 60,000 and 80,000 people who converged on the Kenmore Square, Fenway Park area of the city. Most appeared to be students, they said.

NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that a crime scene was set up on Yawkey Way at Fenway Park, where several fans tried to scale the wall on the back side of the Green Monster, falling down onto the street below. They were transported to area hospitals, some with potentially life-threatening injuries. Detectives are investigating the incident.

Elsewhere, cars were set on fire and others were overturned, keeping firefighters busy while scores of riot police came out in force to try to control the crowds. After a fan was killed during Super Bowl post-game riots in Boston earlier this year, the city decided to put twice the number of officers on the street after the Sox championship games. The officers, clad in helmets and vests, were aggressive about crowd control Wednesday night, shoving rowdy fans with riot batons and pushing through the crowds in front of ambulances that had sirens blaring.

Smoke and flames sprang up amid the crowds as rowdy fans climbed light poles and swung from trees, one group scaling a McDonald's awning, trying to tear it down. Others threw barrels and one group almost threw a shopping cart through a bank window, prompting police to call for backup. Boston police reported eight arrests, most for disorderly conduct. One arrest was reported for assault and battery on a police officer. Police said at least 16 were reported injured, including an officer whose nose was broken by a "thrown projectile."

Downtown universities had extra security on hand as students danced on cars. Northeastern, Boston University and Boston College had all pledged to crack down on rowdy behavior. Police have not yet released numbers on how many were arrested in the melees that followed the game, but they said all of those arrested would be in court Thursday.

More than 2,000 students at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst gathered around a campus bonfire. About 2,000 students at UMass-Dartmouth were dispersed by police using stun grenades. Several arrests were reported.

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UPDATED: 7:19 AM EDT October 21, 2004

Thousands of fans in Boston and on college campuses around New England gathered to celebrate the fact that the Red Sox are headed for the World Series.

Kenmore Square and streets around nearby Fenway Park were jammed with revelers, who also lit small fires in the street, set at least one car on fire and tipped over others, shot off fireworks and scuffled with police in riot gear.

Police reported at least eight arrests as they finally dispersed the crowds around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. World Series Matchup? Who do you want the Red Sox to face in the World Series?Houston AstrosSt. Louis Cardinals

More than 2,000 students at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst converged on Campus Pond and gathered around a huge bonfire.

Several arrests were made at the campus, where Wednesday morning at least 35 people were arrested following Boston's victory in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium.

About 2,000 students at UMass-Dartmouth had to be dispersed by police using stun grenades. Several arrests were reported.

Joyful fans at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown were mostly peaceful, and police reported no arrests.

And in New Hampshire, things were noisy but mostly peaceful at the University of New Hampshire in Durham and at Keene State College. However, police made about 15 arrests at Plymouth State.

The World Series kicks off at Fenway Park on Saturday. The Red Sox will face the winner of tonight's Game 7 between the National League's Houston Astros and Saint Louis Cardinals.

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Injuries reported as fans get out of control after last night's Red Sox victory

A 21-year-old Emerson College student was reported in critical condition today after she was struck by a "bean-bag" bullet fired as hundreds of Boston police officers struggled to control unruly crowds in the Fenway Park area early this morning.

The student had been taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital after being injured on Lansdowne Street, where hundreds of fans had gathered to celebrate the Red Sox victory over the Yankees.

Boston police launched an immediate, intense investigation in an effort to determine how she was injured and whether the bullet had been fired by an officer.

"One factor that is being investigated is whether her injuries were sustained in any way during crowd control measures," said Suffolk District Attorney spokesman David Procopio. "That has not been confirmed or determined yet. The facts and circumstances of her injuries are the subject of an extremely active investigation at this point."

Sixteen people were reported injured early this morning as Boston police had to use what they describe as "less-than-lethal force'' to control rowdy fans after last night's Red Sox victory over the Yankees.

Mayor Thomas Menino told the news media later this morning that he was considering banning the serving of liquor in bars in the Fenway Park area once any World Series game gets underway.

He also said he was considering banning still and television cameras from inside bars in the Fenway Park area during games because he felt they contributed to inciting the crowds, mostly young people. He described what had happened as "'senseless''.

More than 1,000 police officers had to be pressed into service to break up the crowds.

Television news reports from the scene showed one SUV on fire, youths throwing waste barrels and others items at buildings and signs. Some fans climbed on roofs and there were reports of fans falling to street after trying to climb up onto Fenway's Green Monster. Others were shown climbing street signs.

WCVB-TV reported that police had estimated between 60,000 and 80,000 people had converged on the Kenmore Square-Fenway Park area and most appeared to be students.

WCVB newscasts showed police with riot gear and dogs working to break up the crowds jamming the streets and sidewalks.

Boston police reported eight arrests in the neighborhood, most for disorderly conduct though one arrest was reported for assault and battery on a police officer. Sixteen people were injured, one seriously, a police spokeswoman said. One of those injured was a police officer, but his wounds were not severe, Beverly Ford said.

Students also gathered on college campuses around the region following the game.

About 5,000 people flooded the Southwest residential hall complex at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, but their celebration soon turned violent, police said

UMass Sgt. David White said 29 people were arrested after a small group of began throwing beer cans and flaming toilet paper at police. Not everyone arrested was a student, he said.

One UMass police officer was injured while making an arrest, and was treated and released at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, White said.

About 50 people have been arrested at UMass following the past week's championship games, White said.

At UMass-Dartmouth, about 2,000 had to be dispersed by police using stun grenades. Police reportedly made several arrests.

In New Hampshire, police made about 15 arrests on various disorderly conduct charges as crowds got out of hand near Plymouth State University. Plymouth police said crowds swarmed the campus and surrounding neighborhoods after the Red Sox victory.

At the University of Vermont, more than 1,000 people gathered, setting fires, toppling light poles and fences and tipping a van on its side. No injuries were reported, but property damage was extensive, police said.

The Red Sox come-from-behind victory sends them to the World Series for the first time since 1986. The Red Sox haven't won a World Series since 1918, leaving its fans suffering through too many seasons of failure and a few seasons that came tantalizingly close only to collapse in dramatic fashion.

This time, the Yankees were the ones who blew a sure thing a 3-0 series lead, allowing the Red Sox to make history and making fans believe really believe that this is Boston's year.

Fans, stung last October by a devastating defeat in last year's ALCS Game 7 at the hands of the hated Yankees, marveled at Boston's ability to tie the ALCS at three games apiece after dropping the first three games.

''It's something you think about your whole life,'' said Lee Gregory, who watched the telecast on his laptop computer while camped out behind his SUV parked a block from Fenway Park on Yawkey Way.

Gregory, 44, lives in Plano, Texas, but came to Boston to experience the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry up close. He said he became a Red Sox fan while growing up in Toronto in 1967, Boston's ''Impossible Dream'' season that ended in World Series loss to St. Louis.

Lines to enter bars around Fenway Park before the game were 40 deep. Fans craned their necks to peek through the windows of the Cask'N'Flagon bar in the shadows of the Green Monster.

Fans inside and outside the landmark watering hole let out a collective roar when Johnny Damon connected for a grand slam in the second inning. That followed David Ortiz's two-run blast in the first inning. Damon's second homer, a two-run upper deck shot to right, made it 8-1 in the fourth inning.

''I'm still in shock. I can't believe they came back,'' Robert Paliotta, 25, of Cranston, R.I., said as he watched the game with friends at Ri-Ra, a bar in downtown Providence, R.I.

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BOSTON -- An Emerson College student died Thursday after being injured Wednesday night as police tried to subdue crowds celebrating the Red Sox's American League Championship Series victory.

Victoria Snelgrove, 21, of East Bridgewater, died at Brigham and Women's Hospital Thursday from injuries she suffered after Game 7. A spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said Snelgrove may have been hit by a rubber bullet. Police said that there was no evidence that she had been beaten.

"They've used (rubber bullets) in the past. They've also tried not to use the lethal weapons. Well, everybody says, 'Why'd you use them?' and we try to do the best we can to squelch the crowd. You know, they were very belligerent, some of those guys," Boston Mayor Tom Menino said.

Several other fans were also reportedly injured after the game. Brett Schweinberg, a student at Emerson, said he was hit by rubber bullets.

"This was through four layers of clothing," said Schweinberg, pointing out a red mark on his forearm. "I had on a jacket, a sweatshirt and a T-shirt and another shirt under that."

Meanwhile, outside the student's home in East Bridgewater, Snelgrove's father, Richard, described his daughter as an exceptional person and lashed out at Boston police.

"What happened to her should not happen to any American citizen going to any type of game, no matter what. She loved the Red Sox. She went in to celebrate with friends, she was a bystander, she was out of the way, but she still got shot," said Richard Snelgrove. "Awful things happen to good people and my daughter was an exceptional person."

"She was 21 years old, a transfer student, not sure where she came from. This was her second semester here at Emerson, a journalism major," said Emerson's David Rosen. "We are really not sure about the circumstances, how it happened, exactly what happened."

Boston police said between 60,000 and 80,000 people -- most of them students from nearby universities -- flooded the streets around Fenway Park and Kenmore Square after the Sox's 10-3 win over the New York Yankees.

The celebrations turned serious when fans torched a car, lit trashcans on fire and vandalized store signs. A disgusted fast-food store manager found the burned-out shell of a car on Boylston Street when she reported for work Thursday morning.

"I come in this morning and this is what I found. I'm disappointed, I really am. If they were true fans they never would have done this," she said.

Angry Fenway residents had to deal with rowdy crowds that overturned cars, threw barrels and climbed light poles, trees, cars and walls. Sixteen people were injured during the post-game rioting, some of them after trying to scale the Green Monster wall at Fenway Park and falling off. About 2:30 a.m., police closed Lansdowne Street after an confrontation between police and fans.

The city said 1,000 police were on the streets in full riot gear, wearing vests and helmets and carrying batons. They used a full arsenal of weapons, including K-9 units. Police said eight arrests were made. Sixteen injuries were also reported. One police officer suffered a broken nose when someone threw something at him from the crowd.

Those arrested were ordered to appear in Roxbury District Court Thursday morning. Among them was a Northeastern University student charged with disorderly conduct. A judge ordered him to stay away from the Fenway area during the World Series. He claimed he was the one who was victimized.

"I was giving everyone high 5s, everyone's pumped up, you know, it's spur of the moment. I jumped over the curb, I had an open 24-pack of Coors Light and a couple of them fell, I tripped on the curb and a couple of the beers spilled over. Next thing I know, there's like four or five cops pummeling me on the ground," Christian Martini said.

The mayor said the city may take steps to curb legal drinking establishments during the World Series games in Boston this weekend.

"We're going to have to take some drastic measures since people won't act responsibly. I as mayor will take it into my own hands, and probably ban liquor being sold in bars and, once the game starts, bar TV cameras in the bars during the games; try to do everything we can to keep the peace," Menino said.

NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported that the Boston police crowd control plan, which had been devised to deal with the Democratic Convention in Boston this summer, is under review and police officials said they will have to revise it before the World Series games.

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College student dies after being injured in a crowd following last night's Red Sox game

A 21-year-old Emerson College student has died as a result of injuries sustained during celebrations early this morning on Lansdowne Street after the Red Sox defeated the Yankees. Earlier reports said that the student was hit by a "bean-bag" bullet fired by Boston police as they struggled to control the unruly crowds.

The student had been taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital after being injured on Lansdowne Street, where hundreds of fans had gathered to celebrate the Red Sox victory over the Yankees.

Brigham & Women's Hospital identified the young woman as Victoria Snelgrove of East Bridgewater. The hospital said she died at 12:50 p.m. today.

Boston police launched an immediate, intense investigation in an effort to determine how she was injured and whether the bullet had been fired by an officer.

Sixteen people were reported injured as Boston police had to use what they describe as "less-than-lethal force'' to control rowdy fans.

Globe correspondent Heather Allen reported seeing fans trying to climb the outside wall of the Green Monster on Lansdowne Street near Gate E of Fenway Park.

At about 1:15 a.m. police officers armed with the bean-bag guns entered the crowd and started firing towards the Green Monster to get fans from climbing it, Allen said. She added that people starting running and that she heard some people say a girl was on the ground, there was a lot of blood, and she wasn’t moving.

Mayor Thomas Menino told the news media this morning that he was considering banning the serving of liquor in bars in the Fenway Park area once any World Series game gets underway.

Over a thousand police officers had to be pressed into service to break up the crowds.

WCVB-TV reported that police had estimated between 60,000 and 80,000 people had converged on the Kenmore Square-Fenway Park area and most appeared to be studentsWCVB newscasts showed police with riot gear and dogs working to break up the crowds jamming the streets and sidewalks.

Students also gathered on college campuses around the region following the game.

About 5,000 people flooded the Southwest residential hall complex at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, but their celebration soon turned violent, police said.

UMass Sgt. David White said 29 people were arrested after a small group of began throwing beer cans and flaming toilet paper at police. Not everyone arrested was a student, he said.

One UMass police officer was injured while making an arrest, and was treated and released at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, White said.

About 50 people have been arrested at UMass following the past week's championship games, White said.

At UMass-Dartmouth, about 2,000 had to be dispersed by police using stun grenades. Police reportedly made several arrests.

This time, the Yankees were the ones who blew a sure thing a 3-0 series lead, allowing the Red Sox to make history and making fans believe really believe that this is Boston's year.

''It's something you think about your whole life,'' said Lee Gregory, who watched the telecast on his laptop computer while camped out behind his SUV parked a block from Fenway Park on Yawkey Way.

Lines to enter bars around Fenway Park before the game were 40 deep. Fans craned their necks to peek through the windows of the Cask'N'Flagon bar in the shadows of the Green Monster.

''I'm still in shock. I can't believe they came back,'' Robert Paliotta, 25, of Cranston, R.I., said as he watched the game with frien

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37 arrested in post-game riots

Rioting after the Red Sox victory led to injuries and arrests at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Westfield State College early yesterday.

In Boston, a 21-year-old student died after fans clashed with police in Kenmore Square.

Victoria Snelgrove, a journalism major at Emerson College in Boston, was shot in the eye by a projectile fired by an officer on crowd-control duty. She died at Brigham and Women's Hospital later in the day. The nature of the projectile was not immediately identified, but the weapons are meant to be nonlethal.

During a news conference carried live on local television stations last night, Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O'Toole expressed the department's sympathies to Snelgrove's family and said the agency "accepts full responsibility for the death of Victoria Snelgrove.

"The Boston Police Department is devastated by this tragedy. This terrible event should never have happened," O'Toole said.

At the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, heavily armored police officers, some high atop horses, yelled at students lingering outside in the Southwest Residential area at approximately 2 a.m. yesterday, two hours after the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The Red Sox go to the World Series tomorrow.

With that, police began a rapid volley of shots of pepper balls and canisters, which shot clouds of eye-stinging gas and smoke into the air. People fled, most returning to dormitories or cars parked nearby.

Twenty-nine people were arrested, one police officer was slightly injured, and two fires were started by burning toilet paper and tree limbs. Many of the arrests were made by undercover police wearing hooded sweatshirts who infiltrated the crowd.

"It was about what I expected from past experience. We're going to have to expect this kind of behavior after major sporting events," said UMass Police Chief Barbara J. O'Connor.

Four Westfield State College campus police officers suffered minor injuries from thrown objects, and eight Westfield State students were arrested during a rowdy postgame celebration on the green in that city.

"They were trying to disperse the crowd and make sure it didn't get out of control," Westfield State spokesman Craig Phelon said of the several hundred students who gathered on the green. "Apparently some of the students really didn't want to move."

Arthur Jackson, vice president of student affairs, said campus security had been doubled and augmented by Westfield and state police.

Jackson said police and campus officials are devising an action plan, to be implemented during the World Series, to prevent postgame gatherings from growing too large to control.

Five of the eight students were arraigned yesterday in Westfield District Court, and all will face charges under the campus judicial system, officials said.

Most of the arrests at UMass were for disorderly conduct, but several were charged with failure to disperse in a riot and one was charged with assault and battery on a police officer. It was unclear whether those arrested were UMass students or not.

More than 100 UMass, state and Amherst police were on scene. O'Connor said that $71,000 has already been spent on overtime for UMass police alone.

They are anticipating a similar response to any student unruly behavior after the first game of the World Series tomorrow, O'Connor said.

After the Red Sox victory, police said 5,000 poured out of Southwest dormitories and traveled from other residential areas on campus to an area near three high-rise dormitories called the Pyramids because of triangular-shaped concrete pads there.

UMass students threw toilet paper rolls, some of it on fire and some soaked with water, tossed firecrackers and in one case, set off colorful fireworks. Some students were hoisted above the crowd for brief times, and others hammed for the television cameras by lifting their shirts.

After about a half hour, police gave the crowd an order to disperse, and a line of police officers in body armor and helmets began to approach. Many students left then, but a nucleus of 500 continued to yell and cheer.

At 1 a.m., after police and police horses were pelted with bottles, students were cleared from Southwest. Students who wanted to return to their dorms were told to walk quickly with their hands up.

A large group of students moved to the Campus Pond at the center of the university, lit a large bonfire and knocked over trash cans.

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70 arrested since Sunday in Southwest riots

The Boston Red Sox victory over the New York Yankees in the American League pennant Wednesday night resulted in the largest of four disturbances the University of Massachusetts has experienced this week.

According to campus officials approximately 5,000 students filled Southwest Residential Area cheering, waving Red Sox flags and throwing rolls of flaming toilet paper after the pennant game ended around midnight. Fireworks were set off next to the John Quincy Adams Tower, where residents dumped trashed out of the windows onto the crowd below. Several women exposed themselves to the crowd.

Over 100 UMass police officers, Massachusetts State Police and Amherst Town Police aided in arresting approximately 26 people.

A State Police helicopter circled the campus to monitor the crowd, while police worked until 2:10 a.m., using three police horses and one K-9 to disperse the large crowd.

After repeated dispersal orders from the police, the crowd moved out of the Southwest quadrangle to the Campus Pond, tearing down University signs, tipping trash cans and climbing the Minuteman statue as they moved across the area.

In front of the Campus Pond, A fire approximately six-feet-high was set with materials taken from the W.E.B. Du Bois Library construction site and tree branches. Amherst Fire Department and the UMass Office of Environmental Health and Safety extinguished the fire, according to UMass officials. Police also reported several students swimming in the pond.

The campus has experienced a disturbance after every Red Sox victory in the American League Championship series in the past week. Approximately 75 people have been arrested so far, mostly on charges of disorderly conduct, inciting a riot and failure to disperse, according to UMass Police Chief Barbara O'Connor.

During the most recent disturbance, an officer injury was reported after Michael Jayroe, 20 of Stoneham, allegedly struck the officer in the eye while being arrested. He was charged with assault and battery on a police officer. The officer was evaluated at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.

The following people were arrested during the disturbance Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.

David L. Valade, 18, of North Attleborough, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Matthew Jonathan Tarselli, 22, of Amherst, was arrested for disorderly conduct, assault with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, inciting a riot, failure to disperse, and the mistreatment of a police animal.

Darrell W. Smith, 21, of Hingham, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Sage Atwood, 20, of Housatonic, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Damian Mroczk, 18, of Dudley, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Peter S. Botzko, 17, of Reading, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Andrew Lombardi, 19, of Plymouth, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Sean James Pringle, 22, of Chesterfield, was arrested for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, and failure to disperse.

Ryan Etzel, 20, of Hingham, was arrested for disorderly conduct and possession of liquor under the age of 21.

Michael Limanek, 21, of Oxbridge, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Michael Jayroe, 20, of Stoneham, was arrested for assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.

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Sox Fans Stream Into Streets After Historic Win

Officers In Riot Gear Keep Eye On Crowds

BOSTON -- Thousands of fans streamed into the streets of Boston early Thursday morning minutes after the Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series Championship in 86 years.

There were reports that police in riot gear had to fire some pepper-spray guns into crowds on Landsdown Street, according to witnesses who were in the Fenway area.

At least 12 people were arrested, and three other people suffered minor injuries. A young woman, who was near the ballpark, was hit in the back of the head, according to a witness. A number of people climbed traffic poles in the area, but police officers were quick to respond. Some bottles and cans were thrown, but for the most part, witnesses said that it was an orderly celebration.

Police on horseback and officers with riot gear moved in to disperse the crowd on Boylston Street. Officers arrived from the Charles Gate area to push the crowd out of the area. One officer said "folks need to realize that when it is time to go, it is time to go. And now is that time."

Officials were using lower-velocity pepper-spray guns than the one used last Wednesday after the Sox's American League Champion Ship Series against the New York Yankees in which an Emerson College student was fatally wounded.

Victoria Snelgrove, 21, was hit by a pepper-spray gun as officers tried to control the crowd outside Fenway Park. She was among hundreds of thousands of fans who stormed into the streets in Kenmore Square after the game.

"We want every fan to take it easy tonight and respect each other, to be careful. We lost someone -- remember Victoria. Let's be careful in our celebration tonight. Let's make this the most positive celebration over the next few days in New England's history," Red Sox Owner John Henry said as they celebrated the Sox World Series win at Bush Stadium in St. Louis

Earlier Wednesday, officials announced that they would set aside the pepper-spray guns used last week temporarily while the investigation into Snelgrove's death continued.

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UVM president says expulsions possible after rioting

Students charged in Red Sox revelry

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Some of the University of Vermont students who rioted after the Boston Red Sox clinched the American League pennant last month are likely to face expulsion, UVM President Daniel Fogel says.

''It was irresponsible, dangerous, and inexcusable behavior," Fogel told university trustees during the board's regular meeting on Friday. ''We will not tolerate behavior as dangerous and destructive to the fabric of this community, on or off the campus."

More than 1,000 UVM students celebrating the Boston Red Sox' American League Championship Series victory over the New York Yankees started the riot on Redstone Campus, tipping over a van, snapping light poles, and setting fires. Damage was estimated at $40,000 to $60,000.

The campus was relatively quiet after the Red Sox clinched the World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals the following week.

Fogel told trustees it would be likely that some riot participants would be expelled, noting that these students ''would no longer be welcome as members of the community."

Police have cited 13 students in connection with the Oct. 20 melee. Five students were charged last month, and eight more received citations this past week. Charges have ranged from unlawful mischief and disorderly conduct to aggravated assault.

UVM Police Chief Gary Margolis said ''a few" more students might be charged for their role in the riot.

Fogel said he doesn't know whether all the students already charged have received campus judicial hearings or what type of disciplinary action they might have received. Judicial punishments range from a warning to expulsion and financial responsibility for damage.