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walked away from the pavilion
and across the boardwalk to the
beach side. He alleges that, at that
point, Doyle approached him
again and, after a verbal ex-
change, physically tackled him
and wrestled him to the ground on
the boardwalk where he held him
in a headlock.
"The first thing that happened
was a man came up behind me
where I was sitting on the bench
and put his arm around in front of
my face with something in his
hand," Beau said, "I didn't realize
it at first that it was a badge. He
yelled at me to get down from the
[profanity] bench. I did get down,
but I also wanted to know what I
was doing wrong.
'[e whole time, when he came
across the boardwalk and yelled at
me again, I was saying that I
didn't do anything wrong and I
told him to stop yelling at me.
Yes, I was yelling at him, and he
told me to stop yelling or he
would arrest me for disturbing the
peace."
According to the teenage boys,
Doyle was not in uniform and was
wearing shorts, a shirt and some
kind of hat.
Brian Mason, who was standing
beside his brother when the al-
leged incident occurred, said the
man who tackled Beau called for
assistance and at least one by-
stander responded by twisting his
brother's arm up behind his back.
After several other police officers
responded, the Maryland teenager
was taken to Rehoboth Police De-
partment where he was charged
with disorderly conduct and re-
sisting arrest.
Mother called to station
Unaware of events taking place
a block away, Susan Mason and
her nine-year-old son played
miniature golf and enjoyed rides
in the arcade.
She had made arrangements
with her older sons that they
would return to their motel by
midnight. She only became aware
turned to their Dewey Beach mo-
tel at approximately 10 p.m.
"I got a call from the front desk,
telling me that my son was at Re-
hoboth Beach Police Station; and
he had been arrested for fighting,"
she said, "I couldn't believe it! I
was angry at him, but I could
hardly believe it. My son is not a
fighter."
When Mason arrived at the po-
lice station, she found more than
I0 other teenagers waiting outside
the building. At the time, she had
no idea that they had walked from
Wilmington Avenue to the station
to support Beau and enter written
statements of what they wit-
nessed.
She believed them to be a gang
that had caused a fight involving
her son.
"I really glared at them as I
went by," Mason said, "Then, af-
ter I got inside, I found my son
Brian and three other teenagers
filling out written statements, and
heard that these kids were here in
support of Beau and in opposition
to what the chief of police did."
According to Susan Mason,
several of the teenagers requested
to file written statements, but only
four were allowed to do so.
Doyle tells his story
Mason said that Chief Doyle
spoke with her before she talked
with her sons. After she spoke
with Doyle, she said the teenagers
who were still gathered outside
told her their version of the story,
and they said that Beau didn't do
anything.
At that point, she still had not
heard her son's account.
In a written statement that she
filed with her complaint, she said,
"The Chief's version of this was
the first one I heard, and even his
own version was troubling. As I
asked more questions, he became
visibly agitated."
She said the chief told her of or-
dering her son off of the bench
and out of the pavilion. He did not
admit to raising his voice or using
profanity.
He acknowledged that the
brothers did comply with his or-
ders, but said Beau asked rudely
Susan Mason said, "I was think-
ing the same thing myself. Is it
against the law to sit on the back
of a bench?"
When Doyle told her that he
went back over to Beau on the far
side of the boardwalk, the mother
asked him why he would ap-
proach her son again if he had
complied with orders. The Chief
of Police responded that he was
angry with Beau because he had
been rude.
At that point, Susan Mason re-
ports that she told Doyle that it
sounded like harassment.
According to her account,
Doyle did tell her that he had to
use force to wrestle Beau to the
ground. When asked why, he said
he did it because the boy was
yelling back at him.
She said that she asked the desk
officer for copies of the written
statements from witnesses and
was told that she could not have
them.
In the course of the evening, the
mother was informed that her son
could be given an appointment for
a family court arbitration hearing
which could result in the arrest be-
ing removed from his record if he
complied successfully with sanc-
tions imposed in the hearing. She
also understood that entering into
the arbitration process is an ad-
mission of guilt.
Decision to file complaint
"In all good conscience, I can't
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arbitration just to get it over with,"
she said, "I wasn't sure about fil-
ing the complaint at first, because
of the distance we have to travel to
participate, and I can't afford to
incur a lot of expense.
"But, he is not guilty of any-
thing! And, the people of Re-
hoboth Beach need to know how
their chief of police behaves."
At this point, after the filing of a
formal complaint, the Masons are
still not sure what the step-by-step
process entails.
Contacted before the complaint
was filed, Chief Doyle was asked
if there was an arrest incident
Thursday night, Aug. 22. He did
confirm that a teenage boy was ar-
rested for disorderly conduct and
resisting arrest on that night.
He said, "[There was an arrest]
just for disorderly conduct, garden
variety disorderly conduct."
Doyle said that there was noth-
ing out of the ordinary about the
arrest; and he also confirmed that
four young people signed witness
statements. He confirmed that a
group of youngsters did come to
the police station following the ar-
rest, but he said that is not out of
the ordinary.
He said that he spoke with the
mother of the arrested teenager so
she would not get the information
second hand.
The chief of police was out of
his office Thursday and could not
be reached for comment.
Greg Ferrese, Rehoboth Beach
city manager, said that he was
aware that a complaint had been
filed against the chief of police.
He said that, as of Thursday after-
noon, he had not seen a copy of
the complaint.
When asked if he was going to
read it, he replied that he would
see it Monday.
Ferrese said, "A lady came in
Wednesday and told me she was
going to file a complaint; it's in-
volving her son. It's something
that happened at the Wilmington
Avenue Pavilion. I know that has
been a trouble spot for us all sum-
mer."
When asked if Doyle was aware
that a complaint had been filed
against him, he replied that the
chief knew of it, but was out of
town Thursday and would see the
complaint Monday when he re-
turned to his office. He also said
that Mayor Sam Cooper would
see the complaint Monday.
Ferrese also said that there was
no plan to include discussion of
the complaint during the city com-
missioners' meeting Friday, Sept.
13.
A complaint was filed against
Chief Doyle in July, 1993, when
he apprehended a bicyclist by hit-
ting his bicycle with his car. In
August, 1993, the Delaware At-
torney General's office cleared
Doyle of using excessive force in
the incident.
However, on Sept. 27, 1993, the
city reprimanded him for the inci-
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