Teens Trash Ex-NFL Player's House; Teens Tweeted Photos during Party
COSTELLO: Brian Holloway battled in the trenches as an NFL offensive lineman for seven years. Now he's got a fight on his hands with the parents of teenagers who busted into his home to party while he was out of town. He had no idea who these teenagers were. The partygoers trashed his house and tweeted about it. Well, Holloway's plan to use the incident as a teachable moment is falling on deaf ears. Randi Kaye has more for you.</s>RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's Labor Day weekend. Brian Holloway is about 1200 miles away from his farmhouse in upstate New York when he learns there's a party going on there and he wasn't even invited. Confused? Holloway is, too, as he watches it all unfold in real time on his Twitter feed. Holloway is in Tampa, Florida, on this night when his son and a friend start funneling him tweets from the partygoers, mugging for the camera, taking selfie photos in the bathroom, and dancing on the kitchen counter. All from inside Holloway's house.</s>BRIAN HOLLOWAY, FORMER NFL PLAYER: We started listening to these tweets, I can't believe we're in the house, I can't believe how we trashed it, I can't believe how much alcohol is here, we're going to be partying for three days, I cannot believe she's passed out, look at her over there. This is an amazing night. I can't believe, you know, they're on meth, give me some of those drugs.</s>KAYE: Some of the more memorable tweets, "Yes, it's like so trashed." "Cannot get over this, did a keg stand." And "Yes, mom, I went to a party and got drunk but hey, at least I'm not a meth addict, right?" In all, 300 teenagers are at Holloway's home causing at least $20,000 in damage. They tear the place apart, punching holes in walls, spraying graffiti everywhere, scratching the floors with kegs, even urinating inside, and through it all, stupidly documenting nearly all of their antics. They also helped themselves to whatever isn't nailed down, including this statue of an eagle which had been on Holloway's grandson's head stone. Desperate to save his home, Holloway, a former NFL player with the New England Patriots, quickly called police, who rushed over. When they arrive, more tweets from the uninvited guests. "Busted or not, it was still the best party in the 518 of the summer." "Crazy ass night" and "Pigs showed up with K9s and I was out, yo." (</s>On camera): What makes this even worse, Brian Holloway recognizes many of the teens partying at his house. They're friendly with his son and have been to the house before when Holloway was there and invited them. The teenagers slept overnight and Holloway would make them burgers and hotdogs and hundreds of pancakes in the morning. At those parties, he says, there was never any alcohol or drugs.</s>HOLLOWAY: The window, this window was just replaced today.</s>KAYE: Now back at his home, Holloway is getting it repaired, and you might say getting even. He's turning the tables on these teenagers and teaching them a thing or two about the power of social media. On his newly minted Web site, helpmesave300.com, Holloway posts tweets identifying about 200 or so teens from the party. It's not out of spite, he says, but a call for action, to turn the moment into a movement, create a dialogue about teens behaving badly and drugs. But some parents are actually upset with Holloway's postings.</s>HOLLOWAY: I don't really know how to respond to a mother that says "You know I'm mad at you because you put my son's picture up there. I'm going well -- actually he's at my house and he's robbing and breaking in and drinking and doing drugs and you're upset with me posting the picture that he posted on Twitter.</s>KAYE: In another attempt at goodwill, Holloway invited the partygoers to his home to clean up and own up to what they did. Only one teenager showed up to help. Holloway said that was like a slap in the face. But on a bright note remember the Eagle statue that had been stolen it was returned so maybe after all of this, one of these teens must have discovered their conscience. Randi Kaye, CNN, New York.</s>CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: He's a much nicer man than, well, than I am, I guess. Wow. Still to come in the NEWSROOM some Dodgers celebrate their NL West Crown with a dip in the Diamondbacks pool. And boy, the Diamondbacks were not happy.