State police release IUPatty's weekend arrest, investigation activity

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State police release IUPatty's weekend arrest, investigation activity

Megan Swift | Tuesday, March 25, 2025 9:54 a.m.

Jeff Hiimler | TribLive

IUPatty’s participants take selfies and talk with members of astate police mounted patrol unit as they monitor the intersection of Washington and Seventh streets during the 2015 student-planned celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in Indiana.

State police conducted 77 investigations and arrests over the three-day IUPatty’s weekend centered around the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus.

The three-day annual celebration is popular with university students.

Spanning from March 21 to 23, the event drew the following activity from state police:

187 traffic stops 50 traffic citations issued 47 written warnings issued 13 DUI arrests 4 crash investigations

Criminal investigations and arrests included:

6 carrying a false identification card arrests 2 drug possession/paraphernalia arrests 3 disorderly conduct arrests 7 DUI (alcohol) arrests 3 DUI (drug) arrests 3 DUI (alcohol & drug) arrests 2 furnishing alcohol to minors arrests 6 misrepresentation of age arrests 39 possession of alcohol by a minor arrests 6 public drunkenness arrests

Before the weekend, state police announced an increased presence of troopers and liquor control officers would be present in Indiana, as well as increased traffic and DUI enforcement patrols.

IUPatty’s is not sanctioned by the university and has been a source of concern in the surrounding community.

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