Former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s (D-NY) son and granddaughter were arrested for alleged disorderly conduct in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning.
Police arrested Matthew “Max” Kennedy, 52, and his daughter Caroline Kennedy, 23, for allegedly violating the Town of Barnstable’s noise ordinance after officers shut down a loud party at 172 Irving Avenue, not far from the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod, the Daily Mail reported.
“It’s if noise is audible for a distance of 150 feet away,” Barnstable Police Lt. John Murphy told the Boston Herald. “It’s a loud party statute, that’s what it’s used for.”
Officers took the two into custody after they refused requests to turn down their music at 1 a.m. Sunday, CapeCod.com reported.
Murphy said that no one else was arrested at the party, although neighbors also reported to police fireworks activity coming from the party.
He added that the penalty for violating the noise ordinance is arrest and a $100 fine.
Police said neither Kennedy would face jail time if found guilty because they do not have a criminal record.
Authorities released both Kennedys on their own recognizance shortly after their arrest. Max Kennedy appeared at his arraignment hearing Monday in Barnstable District Court. He is scheduled to appear at a pretrial hearing for the disorderly conduct charge on November 22.
Caroline Kennedy is scheduled to be arraigned the same day as her father’s pretrial hearing, although it is not clear why she was not arraigned at the same time as her father.
The property where the two were arrested does not belong to the Kennedys; it is a nine-bedroom rental home known as the Judy Garland House. The house is named after the actress who spent many summers there during her heyday.
Another Kennedy had a run-in with the law recently. Conor Kennedy, RFK’s grandson and ex-boyfriend of musician Taylor Swift, was also arrested for disorderly conduct in December 2016 for his alleged involvement in an Aspen, Colorado, bar fight. He avoided trial by accepting a plea deal where he received a six-month deferred sentence.