West Boca Homeowner Charged After House Party Draws 300 Teens

Collington Drive, West Boca Raton, Palm Beach County. (Google Maps)

A West Boca homeowner is facing charges after authorities say hundreds of teenagers flooded a residential neighborhood following a house party he is accused of allowing at his home.

Jason Douglas Watt, 54, of Collington Drive, was charged with allowing an open house party involving minors and alcohol or drugs, a misdemeanor, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report. Watt was charged in connection with the Oct. 24 gathering and issued a notice to appear in court. He is scheduled to appear at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 19 at the South County Courthouse in Delray Beach.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in court last week, a deputy was sent to the home after receiving calls about a loud house party. The deputy wrote that he found roughly 300 juveniles walking through the roadways and across several lawns in the neighborhood. The road was completely blocked, and emergency vehicles couldn’t get through, the report alleges.

At the home, the deputy reported seeing more juveniles leaving the residence. He spoke with a man “working security” at the front door and asked to see the homeowner, who was identified as Watt, who allegedly told the deputy the party was over. He also said it was meant only for West Boca High School students before it was overrun by other juveniles, according to the report.

The deputy reported finding trash throughout the neighborhood, including empty containers of alcoholic beverages such as Beatbox and White Claw. Similar empty containers were found in the home’s front lawn and near Watt’s front door, the report alleges.

While deputies were at the scene, sheriff’s office communications began receiving calls from residents about juveniles leaving the party. Callers reported that the teens were causing a disturbance in the neighborhood and damaging mailboxes, according to the report.

The affidavit was filed with the court Nov. 3; there was no record of Watt having been physically arrested and brought to the county jail.