Three Students Arrested After Party Fight
September 14, 2009 • By Megan Williams, The Breeze
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The victims of an off-campus fight sought warrants for the arrest of three JMU students for alleged assault or battery by a mob.
At 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 6 attendees of a party on Snowberry Lane in Copper Beech began spilling out of the building into the front yard, according to Mary-Hope Gangwer, spokeswoman for Harrisonburg Police. A large fight allegedly broke out involving a dozen or more people. Four people were reported injured, although there could be more that have not yet reported injury, Gangwer said. The police are still investigating the incident.
Two non students, Andrew Hoang-Vu Lam and Anthony Lam, and one JMU student, Marcus Khuong Hoang sought warrants from the Harrisonburg City magistrate the following two days.
Police then arrested JMU students Francis Pleta, 20, Paul Hong, 20, and Eugene Jung, 21, on three counts each of alleged assault or battery by a mob.
This is a class one misdemeanor and can carry a sentence of up to a year in jail, according to the Virginia Courts Web site.
Even though the three individuals obtained warrants of arrest from the magistrate, the Harrisonburg police are still gathering information and have not sought any warrants yet.
The police are trying to sort out the information before making any additional arrests. Pleta, Hong and Jung were released on bail and will have a joint hearing Sept. 21.
Contact Megan Williams at willi3me@jmu.edu
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