6 arrested after Amherst 'Blarney Blowout' - CBS 3 Springfield - WSHM

6 arrested after Amherst 'Blarney Blowout'

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AMHERST, MA (WSHM) -

Six people are under arrest after a riot of about 2,000 people at a St. Patrick's Day party at UMass called the 'Blarney Blowout.'

Police say the students threw bottles and climbed onto roofs at the Town House apartments on Meadow Street in North Amherst.

Off-duty officers and state police were called in to help break it up.

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