Teen Whose Party Trashed West Tisbury Home Must Pay Owner

Adaaro Blackhawk really wanted to have a party, but his grandmother's home wasn't available as planned last Sept. 28, according to documents filed in Edgartown District Court.

So Blackhawk, then 17, broke into a home on Music Street and let his friends know the party address had changed.

According to a West Tisbury police report, the celebrating teens — up to 70 of them at one time — trashed the house and a guest house, destroying an antique chair and other household items, and drank up the liquor, wine and beer they found on the premises.

When the next day rolled around and nobody appeared to have discovered the mess, Blackhawk decided to invite everyone back for another party.

What he didn't know was that police had been to the violated home that afternoon. They returned in the evening to find roaming youths looking for the house party, and not long afterward caught up with Blackhawk.

March 28 in Edgartown District Court, Blackhawk agreed to sufficient facts in three charges against him of breaking and entering a building in the night time for a felony and one of malicious destruction of property worth more than $250 (the antique chair), for which he agreed to pay restitution of $1,941.75 to property owner Stephan Murphy.

Blackhawk pleaded guilty to one count of larceny under $250 (the alcohol) for which he received two years' probation.

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