SCITUATE, Mass. — A teenager in Scituate jumped through hoops to get a little extra time on the basketball court Monday night.
Mark Falvey and a dozen of his buddies admit they were being noisy while playing basketball at Scituate High School.
“Things got pretty loud,” Falvey told Boston 25 News. He said they were playing music, screaming and having a good time.
A resident in a nearby neighborhood called police around 11:30 p.m. to report the boys were being too loud.
That’s when officers Lindsay Bonanno and Drew Kitchen showed up. They had to do their job, but at the same time, they didn’t want to be party poopers.
"I decided to have a little fun with them and made a bet with the kids,” Bonanno told Boston 25 News.
Falvey asked Bonanno if he made a half-court shot, if he and his friends could keep shooting hoops for another half-hour.
‘She’s like, you’re not going to make it, so sure,” Falvey said.
Neither Falvey or the officers expected what happened next.
“I go to half-court, I said a quick prayer, threw it up and it went in,” Falvey said.
3 noise complaints, cops said if @MarkyF_ made a half court shot we could stay pic.twitter.com/M6ByfiKfPT
— Jimmy The Saint (@jamesmac58) August 6, 2019
Falvey sunk the shot. His friends and the officers started cheering.
“I was like, whoa, that just happened,” Falvey recalled.
The officers were speechless.
“We were all happy, and then we were like, you got to quiet down, or they’re going to call again, but it was good,” Kitchen said.
Bonanno said she drove by the high school around 12:10 a.m. while on her way to another call and the boys had already gone home.
Last evening Scituate Police Officers Lindsay Bonnano and Drew Kitchen were on routine patrol on the 4pm-midnight shift. Just as they do every night, these officers were conducting routine building checks when they came across a group of youths playing basketball at the High School court. Granted, it was a little late but Officer Bonnano went on her way because she appreciated that the kids were doing something positive. A short time later, the Officers responded to a noise complaint which came from a resident of the adjoining neighborhood. It was almost 1130 pm and the boys may have been getting a little loud. As you can see in the video that is attached, the Officers decided to use a little common sense and have some fun with the kids. Officer Bonnano made a deal with the boys. She singled one of them out and told the group if he can land a half-court shot and keep the noise down, then the Officers would allow them to finish their game instead of having to pack up. Amazingly, this kid sank the shot and the Officers kept their promise. Good compromise all around!
Posted by Scituate Police Department on Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Boston 25 News anchor Chris Flanagan’s son was one of the boys playing basketball.
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