Warnings Over Advertising Parties On Social Media
It's after 150 people turned up at a house party in Scunthorpe after details of it were posted online.
Youngsters across Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are being warned about the consequences of advertising parties on social media.
It's after more than 150 people turned up at a house party in Scunthorpe last week after it was advertised on Facebook.
Two local teenagers were arrested on suspicion of public order offences. One of the teenagers was later released without charge and the other person was given a fixed penalty notice.
Serageant James Main from Humberside Police is now warning others not to post such information online. He told Viking FM:
"A young person had been given permission to have a small party at her house. Unfortunately she put the details of that on Facebook and as a result of that over 150 young people attended. We confiscated almost a wheelie bin full of alcohol from the young people and we also put a dispersal notice up in the area so that we got rid of all the young people quickly.
"In this instance we were lucky because we received a call quite early on which meant we were able to intervene quickly and disperse the young people before they caused any further issues and problems down the street. We have seen this in Scunthorpe and the area before and we've seen it nationally where some parties have got out of hand and thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused to the house.
"My message to youngsters is to use social media for the purposes it is designed for; I'm not saying don't use social media, just be very careful about the information you pass and just be aware about how out of hand it can sometimes get.
"Young people need to be aware that when you pass that sort of information out on social media just how quickly information is transpired to other individuals."