EDGAR COUNTY, Ill – Last Friday night (5/24/19) just before midnight the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department received a call about loud noise south of Vermilion, IL by the cemetery and about vehicles in the roadway.

Police found the roadway partially blocked with vehicles and a large crowd of people that took off running when they arrived.

Police arrested over 70 underage drinkers.

Deputies found that 2 underage people were unconscious and were taken to a local hospital.

Deputies couldn’t perform all breath tests on-scene, so they were taken to the Edgar County Sheriff Dept and released to their parents after breath tests.

Officers say that 19-year-old Robert Smith became agitated and began to fight with police. He was arrested.

Police say that several others were also restrained until they calmed down.

Smith was taken to the jail and booked in for Resisting/Obstruction an Officer.
Two of the Deputies received minor injuries during the fight.