Over 200 teenagers in Tennessee broke into two houses and threw illegal parties before police and neighbors broke up the alcohol and drug-filled raves that injured two teens and left over $100,000 in damages.
Two vacant homes in Middle Tennessee hosted the unwelcomed teens Friday night in East Nashville and Mt. Juliet, approximately 20 miles away from each other.
The two parties were advertised on social media with the “hosts” sharing the addresses as others drove “over an hour” to the gatherings that featured underage beer drinking and joints.
While police were called for both parties, one homeowner was forced to shut down the gathering of nearly 200 teens himself after being told no officers were available.
Kyle Grasser, who had recently built the house in East Nashville, was alerted by his neighbors complaining about people blocking their driveway at around 9:30 p.m. Friday.
The $875,000 property was put on the market just over a month ago, according to the listing.
Grasser knew the home should’ve been unoccupied but was surprised to find nearly 200 teenagers packed inside the four-bedroom house.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Grasser told WSMV. “I am not some big developer. I am just a guy. I’ve got my whole life savings into these houses. You roll up and see everybody destroying that, you feel helpless.”
He became even more frustrated when he called the police for help but was told they couldn’t send anyone out, leaving Grasser to shut down the party himself.
“When you call 911 and they say they can’t get anyone out there immediately, you feel very helpless,” Grasser added, saying some teens lingered around for over an hour drinking until officers showed up at 11:30 p.m.
The owner claimed the unwelcomed teens left broken glass, spilled beers and smoked marijuana blunts all over the floor.
One of the chandeliers had been torn out of the ceiling socket and the walls were scratched up.
Beer and other liquids had soaked into the hardwood floors and damaged cabinets, as Grasser calculated the damage to over $100,000.
Grasser suspects the nearly 200 juveniles were alerted to the party through social media, including SnapChat and Instagram.
The owner says he found one post advertising the “Striker Party” being held at the Nashville home hosted by someone named DeMarcus, he told the outlet.
Through his own investigation, Grasser identified approximately 25 teens who were in his house, after they posted footage of the party to social media.
Grasser believes one video captured a teen swinging from the now broken chandelier.
He believes one of the teens broke into the lockbox used to store keys for contractors to work on the house because two keys were returned to the home by Sunday morning.
“You are never sure who is in the house and who is sharing that information,” Grasser said. “We’ve changed the lock boxes (and are) beefing up the security around here. It won’t happen again.”
The group that broke into Grasser’s home is believed to have done it before, damaging a home in Green Hills during an illegal New Year’s Eve party.
He is asking Nashville’s Metropolitan Police to arrest every teen that broke into his house and has called several high schools in the area to make them aware of their student’s alleged antics, the outlet reported.
Police broke up the second gathering of 40 teens who had broken into a house in Mt. Juliet after neighbors called about the party.
A 14-year-old, who recently moved out of the home, had planned the party that police say involved alcohol and drugs.
“We had a couple of teens who traveled over an hour,” Mt. Juliet Deputy Chief of Police Tyler Chandler told WSMV. “That gathering was advertised on Snapchat and reshared multiple times. So, it attracted teenagers all over Middle Tennessee.”
One teen at the smaller party was hospitalized with severe alcohol poisoning while another was treated by an ambulance for scratches sustained when running from the cops into a patch of thorns.
The teens detained by Mt. Juliet police were released to adult relatives and will not face charges from the homeowner
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