Last night I was coming home from my nightly meditative walk when I hear a disturbance coming from a nearby house neighborhood, I still don't know what went down, but from what I can tell there was a party with a bunch of punk teenagers while their parents were obviously not home. I walked by about the time a car with three girls in it showed up, a shirtless young man holding a cellphone run up to the car, pointed at the back pool and screamed at the girls as they got out, "Beat that ***** up, she got blood on my mom's $500 Blanket!" (I don't know how she could have done that, it definitely wasn't a good thing) I ran home as fast as I could to the sound of screaming, yelling, and clear violence. I called the police and told them all I knew

I wanted to get involved personally, but I wouldn't have been able to do anything. Anyway the police arrived, looked around for quite a bit and from what I can tell took someone into custody. The mother arrived later and loudly screamed "What the **** happened here?!"

Anyway I'm still not sure what happened, but I spent the night worrying about these people... I just hope noone got seriously hurt...It's obvious someone got hurt, I just hope it wasn't too bad.

ALCOHOL AND TEENS DONT MIX huh josh.. being a recovery alcoholic..i have alot of compassion for others as well i live ina tight commuity and i see alot of drinkers and problems becasue of it.. now that am sober i stay as far away from them .. you did the right thing.. all i can do is pray for the suffering alcoholic seems like there alway chaos when people drink..

what was the point in calling the cops.Let the kids be kids it was a blanket.........I WOULD WANT TO KIK SOME ASS FOR GETTING ME SENT TO JAIL .It wasnt like he was kikn her ass or anything it was a bloody blanket.Man you sound like a party crasher to me i.Nightly medative walk lolol need more info cause right now you just sound like a narc to me.And on top of that a medative walk huh... .Im not a hater but that so sounds uncool .

I'll admit workingman69 I'm uncool, but that's besides the point. You didn't see what I saw. You didn't see a pack of girls going after one for causing damage to someone else's mother's blanket. That should've been the one kid's problem, not his goonies.

You might have a point, I may be a Narc there... personally I wouldn't have had a problem with underage teens drinking, that's their responsibility, but I was legitimately concerned for the girls life! I might have been over reacting, but what's done is done.

You did what you thought was right. ALl I have to say is the mom was so upset, I'm sure it will be a long time before she lets kids into her house. I probably would have called the cops too...things just happen that you have no control over. let it go would be my best advise to you....

Sorry working man, have to disagree. Kids, alcohol & threatened violence, it is time to call the law. Parties getting out of hand, people can die. Have a case going in Omaha, kids/alcohol/being chased by someone from party, 2 dead & 1 on trial, for motor vechile homicide. He was driving, 18 yrs old & HIS actions killed his best friends. Law should have been called earlier & the drinking was out of control.

We have a responsibility to stop this type of thing.

Actually Josh you did the right thing in my opinion...
Yes it is a teens job to go out and raise hell.
Its our job as adults to pull them back and make them behave.
It wasnt about a blanket it was about responsibility and the human condition.
We had an incident the other night where a few kids got out of hand... by the time the police arrived (cause no one wanted to take action and break up the party/ turned into a fight) there was 200 people (mostly adults) watching just watching... One kid was seriously injured and is in ICU...The PD only received one call on this incident and it wasnt until the kid was really hurt... Now as far as I'm concerned thats uncaring community memebers and its a sad reflection on us all.

I think you did the right thing too Josh!!!! No this was not about a blanket it was about teen violence and it's getting out of control...add aclcohol to the mix and it becomes even worse!!!!!!!

For one...I would have been concerned why there was blood on the blanket in the first place and who got hurt enough to be bleeding!!!!!!! Yes kids can have fun, but if they can't do it responsibly then it's our job as adults to protect them, if only from themselves and certainly from the brunt of violence at the hands of others.

Yeah the blood on the blanket got me pretty worried too.

Oh and it's nice to hear I wasn't just some party wrecking jerk who should have minded his own business.

Well I would ask anyone that thinks your a party wrecker...How they would feel had they not called the police and they found out someone was killed....Apathy to whats going on around us is not an option anymore, if it can save lives!!!!!!!!

I think you did the right thing Josh. Don't let anyone tell you different. I have teenage kids and some of the stories they tell me make me cringe!!! Just the other morning, around 1:30, there were a bunch of teens outside drinking and rasing h***. They were so messed up that a couple of em couldn't stand up. I called the police just as you did for fear of one of them falling into traffic, or just fighting with each other. They were out of control and no one seemed to care.

Josh, you did do the right thing. Sometimes the proper thing to do isn't always popular or cool.

I have to back Joshy up here..I would have done the same thing. It's one thing for the kids to get together, but when violence starts up then it's time to put a stop to it. For the sake of the one they were going after..and also for the sake of everyone else before it got way out of hand.

Josh u did the right thing last year here in Lincoln there was a college party tht got out of hand and a 21 yr. old girl was shot to death, good for u to get involved, too many people dont wanna get involved!!!

I vote for Josh. Too many times, we don't want to get involved, and something tragic happens that could have easily been prevented. Good going, man.

Also, nothing wrong with a walk to clear the cobwebs outta your head. I do my best thinking/problem solving during a good walk. Just wish I had more time to walk the track.

I would have called the cops. Kid should have known, throw a party things will get damaged. The to have that person attacked is ridiculous.

Good choice...hey you might have kept drunk drivers off the road also.

first, josh...YOU didn't get them arrested. THEY did. it was THEIR actions that caused the police to be called.

personal accountability.

my best friend, a member of this site...lost her DAUGHTER to drinking. some friends messing around...at a party...maybe a mickey slipped...and she's freaking DEAD, before she'd even begun to live.

There would be partys 2 houses down from me every weekend when the parents were out. I or one of my neighbors would call the police. They would block the only exit to our neighborhood and ticket all of the kids for illegally parking on the wrong side of the street.

One night, only one officer was sent, who drove to the house instead of blocking the street. Two boys, both 17, one who lived there and one who didn't escaped.

30 minutes later fire/rescue was called to a 2 car accident on the entrance to the highway. 2 cars, 2 fatalites. Both boys DEAD from drinking and racing.

The family was torn apart due to the arrests and suits filed by the city for underage drinking and use of the house without parental supervision. Now Mr. neighbor lives alone, no son, no wife.

Hopefully, lesson learned