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At Least 30 Fans Arrested in Aftermath of UCONN Championship

UCONN beat out rival basketball powerhouse Kentucky to win the NCAA men’s title last night, 60-54. As usual, the occasion brought out the hooligans in force, resulting in dozens of arrests as celebrating fans disturbed the peace and destroyed property.

Fox News reports:

STORRS, Conn. –  Jubilant fans celebrating UConn’s Monday night national basketball championship win smashed a window in an engineering building, broke street lights and overturned furniture inside the school’s student union.

Campus police had made 30 arrests by 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, while state police had made others and more were expected, said University of Connecticut spokesman Tom Breen.

“A lot of it was alcohol-related,” Breen said. “There was breech of peace, destruction of property, and we had a fireworks charge…”

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