Somerville July 4 Disturbances End in Four Arrested

SOMERVILLE, MA - Somerville and State police were called repeatedly to the area around Mystic Avenue housing development in the early hours of July 5 for large groups of people lighting fireworks and fighting. Police made four arrests in connection with the alleged disturbances.

Officers initially responded to a fight involving 20 people in the middle of Temple Street, police said. Police said the group and another 20 people moved to the entrance of the Mystic Avenue housing development at 7 Memorial Rd.

A short time later police said the same group had grown to about 70 people and was being extremely loud and chanting "hand's up, don't shoot, Trayvon Martin, F*** the police, F*** the State Police, call the wagon, and neighborhood," a police report said.

More fights broke out between individuals in the group, police said. A state trooper tried to arrest a man who ran away, police said. When the trooper ran after the man, the group of 70 began to run after the trooper.

Police said a man later identified as Jordan Yandle, 19, of 30 River Rd., pushed two police officers. When they tried to arrest Yandle, his friends surrounded officers and screamed and incited the crowd, police said.

Yandle was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Daishawn Ulysse, 19, of 47 Freemont St., was arrested July 5 at 1:04 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct. Davonte Bowden, 18, of 205 Elm St., Quincy, was arrested July 5 at 1:04 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct. Andrew James, 21, of 8 Nashua St., was arrested July 5 at 1:04 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct.