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Posted on March 19, 2009 4:57 AM

Cops: 'State' tops 'Saint' in crime

Tuesday's St. Patrick's Day crime was similar to the amount that took place last year, but it paled in comparison to the shenanigans of State Patty's Day weekend, police said.

The State College Police Department responded to a total of 66 calls between 4:00 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday -- only two more calls than last year's holiday, according to statistics that were released by the department Wednesday.

A breakdown of specific incidents showed the largest disparity from last year came in the number of public urination citations.

Police doled out 15 citations this year, more than double the six seen last March.

But the 66 calls were not even one-fourth of the reports police responded to during the State Patty's Day holiday weekend between February 27 and March 1 -- and police said they were "60 calls deep" when they turned local media away from the standard press briefing Feb. 28.

Police gave out 20 public drunkenness and 21 minors law violations to go along with 14 DUI's during the weekend of the student-created holiday.

The two holidays, which each saw local bars open as early as 8:00 a.m., combined to keep medical emergency staff busy with 28 calls that required alcohol-related medical attention.

But St. Patrick's Day saw less action than its "State" counterpart -- at least as far as crime is concerned.

Crime on the holiday, which led to the open chastising of students at a March 2 State College Borough Council meeting, included an 18-year-old jumping on a moving limousine and police finding interior walls of a building sprayed with chocolate syrup, police said.

"You've got to grow up," State College Borough Council President Elizabeth Goreham said at the meeting.



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