More than 200 Tennessee teenagers broke into two homes, and police and neighbors threw illegal parties before disbanding a rave filled with alcohol and drugs that left two teens injured and left over $100,000 in damages.
Two vacant homes in central Tennessee held unwelcome teens on Friday nights in East Nashville and Mount Juliet.
The two parties were promoted on social media, with “hosts” sharing addresses and other officials driving “over an hour” to a rally featuring underage beer drinking and joints.
Police were called for both parties, but one homeowner was forced to close a gathering of teenagers, near 200s, after being told that officers were unavailable.
Kyle Grasher, who recently built a home in East Nashville, was warned by a neighbor complaining about people blocking their driveways around 9:30pm on Friday.
According to the listing, the $875,000 property was put to the market more than a month ago.
The lawn knew the house was supposed to be open, but was surprised to see nearly 200 teenagers packed into the four-bedroom home.
“That's heartbreaking,” says the lawn. He told WSMV. “I'm not a big developer. I'm just a guy. I can save lives in these houses. You roll up and see everyone destroying it, you feel helpless.”
He was even more annoyed when he called the police for help, but they were told that no one could send them, and the grass closed the party on its own.
“When you call 911 and say you can't take someone straight away, you feel very helpless,” Grasher adds, saying there was a teenager who was drinking for over an hour before the officers showed up at 11:30pm.
The owner claimed that an unwelcome teenager left a broken glass, spilling beer and smoking a blunt marijuana weapon all over the floor.
One of the chandeliers was torn from the socket on the ceiling, and the walls were scratched.
As the lawn calculated damage over $100,000, the beer and other liquids were soaked in hardwood floors and damaged cabinets.
Lawn suspects nearly 200 boys have been warned by the party through social media, including Snapchat and Instagram.
The owner found one post with a “striker party” promoted at a Nashville home hosted by someone named DeMarcus, he told the outlet.
Through his own investigation, Grasher has identified around 25 teens who were in his home after posting footage of the party on social media.
Grasher believes that one video filmed a teenager swinging from a now-broken chandelier.
He believes that by Sunday morning, two keys had been returned to the house, causing one of the teens to break into a lockbox used by contractors to store keys for working in the home.
“I don't know who's at home or who's sharing that information,” Grasher said. “We changed the lockbox that enhances security around here. It's not going to happen again.”
The group that broke into the lawn house is believed to have done it before, damaging the Green Hills home during the illegal big year day party.
He asked Nashville metropolitan police to arrest all teenagers who broke into his home, and called several high schools in the area to make students aware of the suspected attitude, the outlet reported.
Police disbanded a second gathering of 40 teenagers who broke into a Juliet Mountain home after their neighbors called about the party.
The 14-year-old, who recently moved out of his home, had planned a party where police say they were involved in alcohol and drugs.
“We had teenagers who traveled over an hour,” said Juliet Mountain Police Chief Tyler Chandler He told WSMV. “The gathering was promoted on Snapchat and rejoined many times. So it attracted teenagers all over the country.”
One teenager with a small party was hospitalized for severe alcoholism, while another was treated in an ambulance when he ran to a patch of thorns by a police officer.
Teens detained by Juliet Mountain Police are released by adult relatives and face no charges from homeowners
