Bringing down the house parties: Why communities struggle to tame the commotion
An injunction issued for the residence at 3371 Forest Hill-Irene in Germantown prohibits future party events, for now. (Abigail Warren/The Daily Memphian file)
Barry Sturghill of Collierville likes to return home from his pharmacy job and relax, but there have been nights as he was going to bed loud music outside his window kept him awake.
A house on Mayfield Road, across the street from Sturghill in The Lakes of Forest Hill, has been the site of multiple paid parties, he said.
“It’s chaos,” he said.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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