Teen assaulted after party

By Sarah Schwager and Rebecca Fraser
A CRANBOURNE teenager was taken to hospital after a group of teenagers attacked him after a party on Friday night.
Police said the 15-year-old boy was punched in the head and repeatedly kicked as he lay on the ground on the intersection of Hoysted Avenue and Ballanee Grove, Cranbourne North.
The assault came after a spate of out-of-control parties in Casey over the weekend.
Members from Cranbourne and Endeavour Hills police were called to a party in Hoysted Avenue about midnight, where about 150 young partygoers were said to be roaming the area.
Police said the Cranbourne teenager was seriously assaulted after he and a group of youths left the party.
He was taken to the Dandenong Hospital by ambulance with a broken nose and lacerations to the head.
The teenager was admitted to the intensive care unit but his injuries were described as not life threatening.
Earlier in the night officers attended a party in Valley Fair Drive, Narre Warren, about 9.50pm on Friday night.
Senior Constable Paul Spencer of Endeavour Hills Police said this followed reports about noise and some of the 20 youths in attendance were fighting out the front of the property.
Sen Const Spencer said two people had been restrained with capsicum spray after acting aggressively towards police outside the Narre Warren home.
Narre Warren and Endeavour Hills police were also called to another unruly party in Armitage Drive, Narre Warren South, on Friday night which was attended by more than 200 young people.
On Saturday night, police attended a second party in Cranbourne within close vicinity to the previous evening’s gathering, where another large group of teenagers had congregated.
Sen Const Spencer said police also attended a party in Doveton on Saturday evening, when more than 50 people came together in the Power Road Hall.
Police received reports that two people had been stabbed during the party but upon arrival did not find any evidence to support these claims.
Sen Const Spencer said attending parties was taking up a great deal of police resources on the weekends and urged people to register their parties with police.
He said young people needed to stop going to parties they were not invited to and warned that police would continue to clamp down on people drinking in public.
Sen Const Spencer said several teenagers had been fined over the weekend after being caught drinking alcohol in the streets surrounding the parties.
He said the biggest problem party holders faced was that word and invitations were being spread quickly via text messages, and he urged people to try to keep their parties small or hire security.
Any witnesses to Friday night’s assault in Cranbourne North should contact Senior Constable Steve Regnier at Cranbourne CIU on 5995 4577.