INDIANAPOLIS — At M&H Garage on the near east side of Indianapolis on Monday, you'd find what you'd normally see at an auto shop.
But on Saturday, Oct. 26, police say they found around 100 to 200 juveniles, a stage and a bunch of booze at the property near Southeastern and State avenues.
"It was really stressful. I've never dealt with something like that, so it was a lot for me," said Julio Delarosa Araiza, who threw the party.
Delarosa Araiza says it was his Halloween party that got busted up.
According to Delarosa Araiza, he sent a flyer around to his family and 75 of his and his sister's friends. But that's not all who showed up.
"That flyer got out to an Instagram account, along with just other people posting it, and they just kept reposting it and reposting it, and a bunch of people ended up getting the address," Delarosa Araiza said.
Delarosa Araiza says some of the people who showed up to the party brought guns and were turned away. He said they tried to get as many people as possible from coming in, but it got out of control.
"Yeah, Felony 6 for pretty much dealing alcohol to minors," said Julio Araiza, who owns the auto shop and is also Delarosa Araiza's dad. Araiza said he was at the house the whole time, making sure things were kept under control, but next thing he knew, there was a line down his driveway onto Southeastern Avenue.
"It got really, really frustrating because it got packed up at the front with people just trying to rush in. There were some people sneaking in. We didn't have fence put up, it was just like a tarp, so we did what we could and it got out of control," Araiza said.
So, what's up with all the alcohol and Jell-O shots being found at an underage party?
"We didn't provide none of that alcohol. The only things that were provided were the Jell-O shots, which I don't think they were alcoholic at all, but if there was, there was a bartender with a license there that was regulating IDs, too. So everybody was getting ID'd," Araiza said.
According to the flyer that was passed out, there was a cover charge. While girls got in free, boys had to pay $3. And if you didn't have a costume, it would cost you $5.
13News asked if the party was meant for just friends and family, why was there a cover charge?
"It's a family party, but with us inviting our friends, me and my sister, we're kind of popular and have a good amount of friends, so they were like, 'Alright, we'll make food for them and we want them to kind of help cover the food. My family isn't going to provide the food, but they wanted to make sure the kids are fed," Delarosa Araiza said.
13News' Chase Houle looked up the calls for services to the address but didn't find anything within the last two years.
As for Araiza, he was arrested and charged with maintaining a common nuisance and resisting arrest, charges which he said he plans to fight.