Four arrested after party gets out of hand

Four arrested after party gets out of hand

The "disorderly house" charges leveled at four Cape Place Apartments roommates had nothing to do with housekeeping. Ryan Michael Oshea, 19; Alexander George Tobias, 20; Robert Eugene Phillips III, 20; and Rama Anthony Khawaja, 22, were arrested after a party got out of hand, according to Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Jason Selzer. A disorderly house charge is "basically if you're having a function at your home and causing a disturbance," Selzer said. Oshea, Tobias and Phillips were also cited on suspicion of being minors in possession by consumption, as were four others in the apartment complex. Disorderly house and being a minor in possession by consumption are misdemeanors, Selzer said. Bottom line, he said, it's a party host's job "to maintain an orderly situation."

-- From staff reports