CLOVIS, CA (KMJ) – Hundreds of people are caught partying in a Clovis school gym.
It was after midnight Sunday, when Clovis police officers found around 300 inside the Alta Sierra Intermediate School gymnasium.
It’s not clear how the party-goers got into the school’s gym at Teague and Peach.
Residents called to complain about all the cars gathered in the parking lot.
Fresno Police arrived to find alcohol bottles, a strong smell of marijuana and a DJ.
They said the guests scattered but they were able to detain 5, including the DJ.
Police arrested 20-year-old Davon Martin, 21-year-old Saul Jandres, and 20-year-old Matthew Duran, for trespassing.
21-year-old Alexis Caar, and 20-year-old Sarina Garcia were also arrested for trespassing, and charged with public intoxication.
There was a great deal of litter left behind and there was some damage to storage doors somebody tried to kick in.
Police believe Snapchat was how so many people knew about the party.
If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Clovis Police Department at (559) 324-2800.
Clovis Unified School District said the surveillance video is being reviewed.
Clovis Unified School District issued the following statement:
We learned of the break-in from Clovis PD when watchful neighbors reported a disturbance at the school overnight Saturday. It’s terribly disappointing to learn that people from outside our community would break into a school gym without consideration for the potential damage to people or property for the purpose of holding a party. We are grateful for our community members, who serve as our eyes and ears when schools are closed, for quickly calling police. We are cooperating fully with police and reviewing security camera footage to see if it captured anything to assist in the investigation.
Fortunately, the hard work of our maintenance and custodial team got the gym back to order in time for the community event planned for Sunday to take place as scheduled. We are operating as usual this morning and classes are continuing uninterrupted in the gym.
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