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BOSTON – Investigators say videotapes show three Northeastern University students vandalizing cars during a riot in the streets near the school after the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory on Feb. 1.
Arraigned Tuesday in Roxbury District Court were Justin Bateman, 22, of Chillicothe, Mo.; Daniel Rosquette, 20, of Auburn, Maine; and Eric Larsen, 20, of Grafton. The three later were released on personal recognizance until their next court date.
Police said the videotape evidence places Bateman, Rosquette and Larsen in the area of Hemenway Street and Symphony Road after the game. The tape allegedly shows Bateman helping overturn a car and jumping on the vehicle.
The tape also allegedly shows Bateman jumping on two other cars, and smashing both cars and a Jeep with an aluminum baseball bat.
Rosquette is charged with helping turn over the cars, and vandalizing one of them.
The evidence included amateur photographs and videotapes taken by spectators of the riot, and collected by Boston and Northeastern police in the weeks after the riot.
In all, Boston police arrested nine Northeastern students for allegedly participating in the post-Super Bowl violence. A total of 15 students identified with the violence face internal school discipline, according to university spokeswoman Emily Donahue.
Shortly after the Pats’ 32-29 win over the Carolina Panthers, about 1,500 people went into the streets near Northeastern, lighting fires and overturning cars.
James Grabowski, 21, of West Newbury was killed when a sport utility vehicle drove through the crowd. Neither Grabowski nor another man who was seriously injured was a Northeastern student. The driver, who was not a student, has been charged with motor vehicle homicide.
After the rioting, the university posted photographs of rampaging students on its Web site to identify students involved in the post-game celebrations.
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