Mindy Farber and John Camp came home from dinner on Saturday, May 25, and found their quiet neighborhood packed with cars.
鈥淚’ve never seen anything like it,鈥� Farber told 草莓传媒.
The house near them on Stapleford Hall Drive had become the site of a reportedly raucous pool party, with tickets apparently being sold on social media for an event called “WetDreams Mansion Pool Party,鈥� the couple said.
鈥淚 don’t think I’d advertise a party at my house as a ‘wet dreams’ party,” Camp said.
“People were just going up and down the streets, screaming profanities,” Farber said. “Women were coming out in extremely provocative clothes.鈥�
Farber and Camp told 草莓传媒 they smelled drugs and saw illegal fireworks at the party.
‘Where was the county?’
Camp said he reached out to local police and fire departments.
Farber said when her husband called police and fire departments, they were 鈥渘ot helpful.鈥�
鈥淲here was the county when you call 911 and 311? Where were they?鈥� Camp asked.
Camp said one police officer came to the scene the night of May 25, but did not approach the house.
Montgomery County police spokeswoman Shiera Goff told 草莓传媒 the department is investigating the party.
In an email to 草莓传媒 on Monday night, the county government said a “notice of violation” was issued to the property owners for illegal misuse “of their residential property for a public (for-profit) event.”
“This kind of large-scale commercial enterprise, especially one that disrupts the peace of our residential neighborhoods and violates county regulations, has no place in any neighborhood in Montgomery County. We are committed to protecting our community from these disruptive and illegal activities,” County spokesperson Scott Peterson said in a statement.
County Council President Andrew Friedson鈥檚 office told 草莓传媒 that Montgomery County鈥檚 Department of Health and Human Services and Housing and Community Affairs are investigating along with other county entities, what could be, at minimum, a commercial use violation.
The six-bedroom Potomac house, listed on both and , was used as the site of the party.
Camp and Farber said attendees were able to purchase cabanas with liquor bottles and hookah pipes starting at $1,000 and going up to $2,000.
The party began around 5 p.m. Saturday and lasted five hours, according to the couple. The pool party appeared to be organized by the groups 鈥淪wag鈥� and 鈥淔resh Geek Events.鈥�
Farber and Camp said they contacted state Del. Linda Foley (D-Dist. 15), who represents the area.
On Monday, Foley told 草莓传媒 that there were 鈥渋ndications鈥� that sponsors of the party were going to host a similar event in the future.
鈥淚f current state laws cannot prevent this (kind of event) from happening in our neighborhoods, I鈥檓 investigating if state laws need to be put in place to protect our neighborhoods,” Foley said. 鈥淭he streets are not equipped to handle that kind of a crowd. That kind of attendance is concerning, and how it was advertised.”
Foley added, “I have asked county officials to make sure that we could keep this from happening again.”
Camp said “a lot of professionals” live in the neighborhood, as well as kids.
Farber, Camp and Foley all said they do not want to ban parties completely from the neighborhood. Rather, they want to ban 鈥渇or-profit鈥� parties with larger crowds of people.
鈥淚 think the investigation should be: Where was the breakdown with the county?鈥� Camp said, in reference to the ongoing investigation into the house party. “Because nobody did anything.”
草莓传媒’s Shayna Estulin contributed to this report.
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