Chaos ensued as students stomped bugs, chased rodents, or ran screaming, said acting Superintendent James J. Dwyer. Afterward, when students heard that a senior was being questioned in Principal Manuel Ferreira's office about the pranks, many of the school's 164 seniors left the cricket-spattered hallway and gathered in the lobby, shouting for the principal to free the young woman. Then someone pulled a fire alarm, and the school's 600 students were evacuated as the melee escalated. He was hospitalized for angioplasty for a clogged artery, Dwyer said. Police said those responsible for freeing the bugs and rodents could be prosecuted.
French law requires that a corpse be either buried or cremated.
Couches had burn spots. The kitchen floor and walls were doused with food and liquid. They have to be held responsible for what they did. But instead of receiving devices, some buyers were mailed plans and instructions for constructing what amounted to a flashing light, prosecutors said. Others received nothing.