The heat was on them in Chattanooga, so when 29 people, including at least one confirmed gang member, decided they wanted to party, they took a novel approach.
They booked a short-term vacation rental home on a quiet street on Signal Mountain for their shindig, which featured at least one fight, marijuana, stolen guns and a stolen car.
It was, ultimately, “a bad decision,” Signal Mountain Police Department Chief Mike Williams said Tuesday.
Before retiring from the Chattanooga Police Department, Williams said, he’d broken up plenty of similar parties. But never before had he seen one like that on Signal Mountain.
“Not up here,” he said.