UP to 30 Islander and Sudanese youths turned a Frankston 16-year-old’s party into a war zone, Friday 3 June.
Police said the youths – many sporting bandanas and possibly gang colours – smashed windows and burnt holes in the walls and carpets, smashed the headlight of the family car and stole various items, including mobile phones.
Various other guests were assaulted, with one 16-year-old staggering along the street and collapsing outside the house of a neighbour, who called an ambulance. He was taken to Frankston hospital with a possible broken cheekbone.
The damage bill is said to be around $1500.
But the parents at the house in Frome Av may have been partly to blame for the chaos, police said, as the supposedly supervised party was advertised on Facebook with an admission price of $10 a head charged at the door.
Police said the trouble makers arrived at 8.30pm but police were not called until 11.30pm, when they shut the party down.
Detective Senior Constable Ashley Eames, of Frankston CIU, said the youths, aged 15-20, could not be called gate crashers if they paid to enter like everyone else.
“We have had reports of six robberies on the night – including the stealing of $150 in party proceeds from one guest – but, so far, no one’s come forward to report them or to make a complaint,” he said.
“We certainly don’t want kids standing over other kids, and we urge anyone who had items stolen to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.”
