Crime & Safety
Police Seek Info on "Delafest" Party Goers
Police seek to identify additional party goers at Saturday's rager on Delafield Street.
New Brunswick Police have released four photos of party goers at Saturday's "Delafest" block party on Delafield Street that turned chaotic.
According to a release from the police department, authorities are requesting help in identifying people in the photos who "participated in or witnessed criminal activity during the large disturbance this past Saturday on Delafield Street."
Authorities have continued to investigate the block party held on Delafield Street between Bristol and Courtlandt streets on Saturday afternoon that turned chaotic when police came in to break it up.
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Police unsuccessfully attempted to disperse the crowd of nearly 500 people before a riot squad was brought in with riot shields and pepper spray. Police used the spray on the crowds, but no party goers were seriously injured, authorities say.
Four people were arrested and 16 disorderly conduct summonses and violations were issued, according to police.
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Anyone with information about the identities of the people in the photos is asked to contact the New Brunswick Police Department's Detective Bureau at (732) 745-5217.
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