Kiryas Joel must have seemed like an easy target for kids bent on mischief the night before Halloween – a community of peaceful Chasidim with tons of densely packed homes to smack with eggs.

But the five high school students who drove into Kiryas Joel with cartons of eggs Monday night got a scary surprise when angry residents stopped their car and got into an altercation with two who got out.

As a crowd gathered about 9:30 p.m. at Bakertown Road and Israel Zupnick Drive, the driver hit the gas and sped away, leaving his two buddies to fend for themselves. One headed for the hills, and the other was detained until state troopers arrived.

Last night, the stranded mischief makers, bruised and sore, came to the state police barracks in Monroe and got tickets for disorderly conduct, Quick said. They are due in court tomorrow morning.

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