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Subject: Fight erupted at Taunton State Hospital,

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Date Posted: 21:56:46 11/03/08 Mon

GateHouse News Service
Posted Nov 03, 2008 @ 08:01 AM

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Taunton � Five people were arrested and three were hurt Sunday afternoon after a fight erupted at Taunton State Hospital, police said.
The fracas broke out at Howland House, which houses juveniles and young adults with emotional and behavioral disorders, around 5:20 p.m., when employees couldn�t regain control of residents on the building�s second floor or in the fenced-in recreation area outside, said Taunton police Sgt. Paul Roderick.
Offficers from Taunton, Raynham and Dighton, along with state police k-9 units, quelled the uproar within about five minutes, Roderick said.
About 11 teens and juveniles were fighting in the enclosed yard, while others yelled and cursed from upstairs window, Roderick said.
Once order was restored, Nicholas LeBeau, 23 Park Road, Plymouth, Vincent Valois, 98 Seabury St., Fall River and Brian Peters-Pike, 234 Coggshall St., New Bedford, all 17 years old, were charged with inciting a riot, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Two juveniles, whose names are being withheld because of their age, were charged with the same offenses and taken to another facility, Roderick said.
Three other juveniles were treated at Morton Hospital for injuries stemming from the fight and returned to Taunton State.
�Quite a few people were in the year uncontrolled ... a good portion of them were pepper sprayed,� Roderick said. �As it developed we really just kind of out-numbered them. They were hollering and yelling, they seemed like they wanted to make it a them versus us situation. They certainly weren�t intimidated by police presence,�
A motive for the fight remains unclear.

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