College Students Set Off Smoke Alarms, Tie Emergency Doors Shut as Part of "Prank"

How stupid are college students these days, anyway? What makes you think ANYONE would think it was funny that you purposely tied the fire exit doors shut and then overcooked microwave popcorn so it smoked and made people in your dorm think there was a fire? Especially at 3 o'clock in the morning!

Three Connecticut college athletes were arrested for allegedly setting off a smoke alarm after they tied shut the doors of several dorm rooms, police told The Herald newspaper.

Christopher Scifo, Matthew Dortch and Patrick Robinson were charged with reckless endangerment, burning and mischief, among other offenses for what they said was a prank pulled at Central Connecticut State University. When campus police at the school responded to an early-morning fire alarm, they found a "quad" of dorm rooms full of smoke and two full bags of charred popcorn in a microwave, according to The Herald of New Britain, Conn.

The incident happened at 3:14 a.m. Monday on the third floor of the Vance Hall dorm. A resident assistant there told firefighters that two doors on the fifth floor were tied shut with heavy fishing line. Several other doors on the fourth floor were also bound. Residents were forced to struggle through a small opening in the doors to get out, police told The Herald. “I didn’t intend to hurt anyone, just get a few laughs,” Scifo, 19, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., told police.

Yeah, well let's see if you find it funny when you're bunking with Bubba in jail and he decides you look a lot like his ex-girlfriend. He probably just wants a few laughs, too.

College Athletes Set Off Smoke Alarms, Tie Dorm Doors Shut, Police Say [FOX News]