“Our office intends to vigorously prosecute all individuals who were part of the riots on the University of Massachusetts campus,’’ Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan said in a statement. “This behavior diminishes the image of the university and created a public safety hazard for the community.’’
In a statement, officials at the state’s flagship campus said the students will also face school discipline.
“Dean Enku Gelaye will review the cases under the code of student conduct, with students facing potential sanctions that can range up to suspension or expulsion,’’ the statement said.
University spokesman Daniel Fitzgibbons said there were no reports of injuries or damage.
The UMass disturbance was not the only incident linked to post-Super Bowl behavior.
Brookline police arrested three men over an alleged fight about the Super Bowl early yesterday in Washington Square.
Police said the melee started when the men allegedly accosted a group of four people talking about the Giants near the corner of Beacon and Washington streets just after 12 a.m.
Police saw one man, later identified as Sean Chase, 21, of Andover, wrestling with and pushing people onto the MBTA Green Line tracks, said a police report. As police approached, several men involved in the fight fled in different directions.
Officer Noah Brother pursued Chase on foot, caught him, and put him in handcuffs, police said. Additional officers corralled two other men, Daniel Powers, 22, of Medford and Abraham Hunter, 23, of Scranton, Pa. A fourth man got away, according to police.
The four victims of the assault told police they were walking on Beacon Street talking about the Giants when Chase began “talking trash’’ and accosting them about the Super Bowl, according to police reports. They said Chase and the group he was with then charged them and began to attack, according to police.
Chase was charged with assault and battery, and he, Powers, and Hunter were charged with disorderly conduct.
In Boston, a 19-year-old Andover man allegedly punctuated the end of a Super Bowl party at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton by beating two other men with a pistol, authorities said yesterday.
Kevin S. Macartney pleaded not guilty in Boston Municipal Court to two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Bail was set at $5,000 cash, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office. A pistol was not found, however.
