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HOCS brings you Halloween statistics that count!
Jaimie Weiss, chief statistics correspondent

The amounts of arrests continue to mount up here in Athens.

The following information is from October 28-29, 2005; the data is inclusive until 4:30am unless otherwise indicated.

So far, 33 have been arrested and booked through mass booking (22 in 2004, and 15 in 2003).

People charged include intoxication/disorderly conduct (32), under age consumption (15), obstruction (3), marijuana (2), criminal damaging (1), false ID (2), open container (1), drug paraphernalia (1).

Citations on the street by the Athens PD only (reported as of 4:30am) include charges of open container (5), intoxication/disorderly conduct (8), underage consumption (3), littering (1), obstruction (1), criminal mischief (1).

Between midnight and 4:00am, the Athens PD reported fights (4), emergency squad (2), exposure (1), and assaults (2).

They also reported that the "Crowd seemed smaller than last year and was relatively calm. Neighborhood parties were smaller. Colder weather may have had an impact on crowd size and temperament. Odd call was of an unknown man urinating in a female's bedroom. He claimed he was in a friend's apartment in the bathroom when two females walked in on him. He was arrested for underage intoxication."