RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT

WEST CHESTER - Police reported no major incidents among a crowd of nearly 2,000 fans - mostly WCU students - in the off campus neighborhood that was the scene of a riot last year after the Phillies clinched the National League pennant for the second consecutive year.

WCPD - along with multiple police agencies and the State Police - were out in full force throughout the SouthEast and Uptown as Brad Lidge closed out the 9th inning of the 5th game of the National League Championship Series. It was part of a strategy that West Chester Police Chief Scott Bohn described as "taking control of the streets."

Fans celebrate the Phillies 2nd consecutive National League Pennant at Barnaby's (Creighton Rabs photo).

A crowd estimated at nearly 2,000 people at it's peak initially congregated along the 100 block of East Neilds Street near the area of Jake's Bar. Fans then went westbound along Nields, congregating for several minutes at the corner of South Walnut and East Nields.

The crowd dispersed and went to the North Campus Academic Quad on the WCU campus for an impromptu pep rally which saw the crowd vocal but not overly disorderly. The fans then brought the celebration back to Walnut and Nields, however, the crowd wasn't there for too long as officers again dispersed the crowd without incident.

Police did report two arrests, according to Chief Bohn. One incident involved a female who was allegedly intoxicated and under the legal drinking age and attempted to enter an Uptown bar.

The second incident involved a man who allegedly threw a table at a window of the Penn's Table restaurant at the corner of West Gay and North Church Streets. The male subject then fled on foot from officers, going southbound on Church and eastbound onto Market Street before Sgt. Jim Morehead deployed his taser to subdue the suspect. The suspect is seen at right being placed into a patrol car. There was no damage reported to the Penn's Table structure.

For the most part, it appeared to be a good test run for a potential World Series championship celebration, where all involved hope to avoid last year's riots along South Walnut Street in which two cars were turned over and at least one lightpost was knocked down.

A man who ran from police after allegedly throwing a table at an Uptown restaurant that was closed at the time is taken into custody after he had been tased on the 50 block of West Market Street in front of the Historic Chester County Courthouse (Creighton Rabs photo)