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Long Beach boys moon police officers, face law suit
Prosecutors get injunction against Long Beach fraternity
ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 11, 2002
LONG BEACH – Late-night parties and excessive trash have forced prosecutors to seek a court injunction against a fraternity at California State University, Long Beach.
The injunction issued Tuesday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Wright orders members of the Sigma Pi fraternity and its property owners to stop causing nuisance-related activities, "which have terrorized a neighborhood and taxed police resources."
The action follows a lawsuit filed in December against the fraternity because of a long history of throwing noisy parties.
"These parties last into the early morning hours, have music played at excessively high levels, and result in the littering of the surrounding neighborhood with beer cans, vodka bottles, cups, party invitations, used condoms and other assorted trash," prosecutor Bob Shannon said.
Some members have reportedly hurled footballs and bottles at nearby houses, smoked marijuana in the streets and mooned police officers.
If the fraternity does not comply with the injunction, it could result in criminal prosecution and the closure of its house, Shannon said.
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