Meet the unnamed Edmonton, Canada bride and groom who were both arrested on their wedding night, rolling over from Saturday, August 19th, 2017 into the early morning hours of Sunday, August 20th, 2017.
Both the who and the why of it are unknown, but what is established is that this bride and groom spent at least part of their wedding night behind bars after what has been described as a brawl – which included both of the newlyweds – erupted at the “Denizen Hall” in downtown Edmonton about 15 minutes after the wedding party had arrived at the bar.
Per 34 y/o Ryan Bychowski, 34, of Edmonton, Canada: “I’ve seen bar fights, but it was pretty different to see this lady in a wedding gown right in the thick of it. This is not exactly the kind of place you’d expect a wedding party to show up. You could tell they’ve been at it all day. A few of them were pretty drunk. I couldn’t tell what was going on except you see a bunch of people in tuxedos piled up. I could see security staff all over the place and there’s this bride in the middle of it, swinging and jumping on people.”
Ryan would go on to tell the Twitter-verse that “[t]his is the greatest picture I will ever take.”
30 y/o Matthew Machado, who was also at Denizon Hall reported that he saw the doors of Denizen Hall explode open with people pouring out into the streets. “It was just absolutely ridiculous and absolutely absurd”, another witness reportedly said that “The bride is just swinging and the melee ends up on the sidewalk” and others would also take to Twitter, posting such things as:
In a video (which you can see by clicking here) an eyewitness to the melee can be heard discussing the timeline for the fight, with a voice saying “You know what’s funny, they were only here for 15 minutes” as the bride is being handcuffed and hauled away in a police paddy wagon.
Edmonton Police reportedly charged the bride with assault and the groom with “criminal] mischief under $5,000”. The newlyweds were reportedly booked and then released on their own recognizance, leaving one thing for sure (as Alberta White stated on Twitter…):
Memo to the Folks: The family that gets arrested together stays together.