TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson Police officers closed down a rowdy pool party at a west Tucson apartment complex on Saturday afternoon and arrested about 50 young people after fights broke out.
Sgt. Fabian Pacheco says the owners of the property that serves many University of Arizona and local community college students had hired off-duty police officers to keep the peace, control underage drinking and discourage drunken driving, but things still got out of hand.
Property owners decided to shut down the yearly event after the number of people cited for underage drinking climbed.
As officers from across the city moved in to break up the party, several fights broke out.
Pacheco says most of the arrests were for disorderly conduct or underage drinking, and most were cited and released.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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