Boston courts will be busy today as 37 people around the city are arraigned for various charges picked up along the parade route.
The charges of those who were arrested ranged from disorderly conduct to assault and battery with a deadly weapon, according to a Boston Police press release. All arrested will be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court and Boston Juvenile Court.
Northeastern Police made one arrest Sunday night on Hemenway Street after the Patriots captured their third Super Bowl win in four years.
John Sullivan III, a Boston College freshman, was arrested and charged with assault and battery on a police officer. The 19-year-old was arraigned in Roxbury District Court Monday morning and was released on his own recognizance. He has a pretrial hearing set for next month, said Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
During the game, state police arrested an individual and charged him with assault and battery. Pablo Rivera, 37, of Boston, was arrested at the corner of Boylston and Ipswich Streets Sunday night, said State Police Sergeant Scott Range.
During last year’s Super Bowl riots, three Northeastern students were arrested and charged with malicious destruction of property after they were allegedly seen by police damaging and helping tip over cars on Symphony Road.
The level of police presence on Boston streets after Sunday’s win was one not seen last year. Only a few dozen police officers were on patrol the night of Super Bowl XXXVIII.
However, this year, close to 1,000 officers were put on duty, including all 50 Northeastern police officers.
“I think we are as prepared as we can be right now,” said NUPD Captain Al Sweeney.
Sweeney was stationed on Hemenway Street for most of the night, alongside his own officers, Boston police officers and officers from various towns in Norfolk County. K-9 units, tactical command vehicles and Boston Fire Department trucks also lined Forsyth Street.
“This is stupid,” said sophomore political science major Sara Gronningsater from her Hemenway Street stoop. “No one’s doing anything. [The police] are overreacting. This is ridiculous.”
Although some students like Gronningsater said they thought the police presence was too much, university officials said they thought the security plan worked out well.
“The message we sent was clearer. We were much better prepared at the university level than we were last year,” said President Richard Freeland. “The police were better prepared than last year. I think now that we have won a couple Super Bowls, the thrill has been taken out of it.”
Associate Director of Public Safety James Ferrier said there were some incidents on campus reported to NUPD before and during the game, but none resulted in arrests.
An incident in this week’s Crime Log reported that two 18-year-old males tried to enter Stetson East Sunday with a large duffle bag filled with 90 beer cans. The two were questioned by police and referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution.
