While most fans awoke last Thursday morning to a dreamy remembrance of the Red Sox World Series win, 35 people headed to Roxbury District Court and Brighton District Court for their arraignments.
One Northeastern student joined the pack of arrests after Game 4 on the charge of disorderly conduct. Sophomore criminal justice major Joshua Shnider was arraigned at Roxbury District Court.
Shnider’s arrest appeared to be the only incident affiliated with Northeastern that occurred after the final game, said Northeastern Police Captain Al Sweeney.
“We are happy and pleased at how responsible and respectful the students were and are,” Sweeney said. “The number of students who came up to us and quietly said ‘thanks for being here’ was encouraging.”
In an attempt to keep more students on campus, the playoff games played on large projection screens and TV’s throughout residence halls and the student center. On the night of Game 4 about 50 to 100 students watched the Sox historic win in theWest Addition of the student center.
Although Sweeney said there were no incidents within the confines of campus after Game 4, throngs of people flooded the streets around Fenway Park and Kenmore Square in celebration of the Red Sox victory.
To disperse the crowd after Game 4, police again used “less-lethal” methods, but did not use the same weapon that allegedly shot off a pepper ball, which killed Emerson College student Victoria Snelgrove after the Sox beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
Police used pepper spray and set off canisters of smoke to disperse the crowds in Kenmore Square.
Once police pushed the crowds out of the Fenway Park and Kenmore Square area, the crowds moved down Massachusetts Avenue and into streets around the Fens. After lighting fires in Kenmore Square, fans lit at least one car on fire on Peterborough Street.
As a result of their behavior, most of the 35 people arrested after the game were charged with disorderly conduct, according to a release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Of those 35 people, six Boston University students were arrested. Charges for the BU students ranged from assault and battery of a police officer, to disturbing the peace, to resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
BU officials said the university offered different types of programming for students on campus during the playoffs, and that the programming attracted more than 1,000 students.
“We had been showing the games since the beginning of September and right up until the end of the playoffs,” said BU Director of Media Relations Colin Riley.
Riley said BU students who face disciplinary action will also face action from the school — including suspension or expulsion.
Similar to BU, Northeastern officials made similar statements in letters displayed and distributed throughout campus. Vice President for Student Affairs Ed Klotzbier reminded students, through the letter, if they did not abide by the Student Code of Conduct, they too would face disciplinary action.
Other people who were arrested were from area colleges such as Curry College, Boston College and Harvard University.
But the trouble did not stop there, as millions of people gathered in the streets of Boston Saturday to watch the Red Sox “roll” from Fenway Park and into the Charles River.
By the end of the parade, 20 people were arrested by Boston and MBTA police officials, said Boston Police spokesman John Boyle.
Former Northeastern student and current BU student Daniel Rosquete, 21, was arrested after the parade and arraigned on Monday at Roxbury District Court on charges of disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, according to a release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
The incident was not the first time Rosquete had dealt with police, the release said. In April, when he was listed as a Northeastern student, Rosquete was arrested after an investigation found he had helped overturn two cars on Hemenway Street following the Super Bowl riots in February.
Although no incidents similar to the 2001 Super Bowl riots, last year’s American League Divisional Series riots or February’s Patriot’s riots were reported for Game 4, Sweeney said those events could easily be repeated.
“There is a fine line between when celebration, often mixed with alcohol, turns into rowdyism and violence,” Sweeney said. “We have to start work even in November to remind everyone the Super Bowl is only three months away.”
