Crime & Safety

'I'm Shmacked' Behind Chaos in West Chester, Partygoers Say

The production company, co-founded by a Lower Merion graduate, documents wild parties and posts the video online.

"I'm Shmacked," an increasingly popular production company that specializes in video of teens and college students having wild parties, has been implicated in the near riot that led to a flipped car on Walnut Street in West Chester this weekend, Action News is reporting.

According to Philly.com, "I'm Shmacked" was co-founded by 2011 Lower Merion High School graduate Jeffrie Ray.

West Chester Police broke up a party on Saturday that was attended by as many as 500 people, West Chester Patch is reporting. Party-goers reportedly paid $15 each to get into the private house near West Chester University's campus. According to reports, the party spilled out into the 400 block of Walnut Street after police broke it up, at which point a group flipped a 2002 Pontiac.

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Though "I'm Shmacked" co-founder Arya Tonfaninan told Action News that he didn't "sponsor anything," several partygoers told a reporter from the station that the company organized the party. "If 'I'm Shmacked' never came to down, none of that would have happened in the first place," one said. 

After the destruction, several tweets were posted from the company's Twitter account that commented on and supported the behavior. 

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In February of 2012, "I'm Shmacked" was implicated in a series of YouTube videos that showed Lower Merion School District students binge drinking and using drugs. At the time, "I'm Shmacked" maintained that the drugs and alcohol were not real, but were simply "props."

"I'm Shmacked" has over 69,000 friends on its Facebook page, and claims its YouTube channel has amassed over 10 million views.


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