Seeing as how a liberal arts college is worried, it must be safe to finally start to notice the "wildings" downtown:
- The Flash Mob Offenders may be back around Loyola University Chicago’s Water Tower Campus.
According to Campus Safety, about 70 teenagers stormed the McDonald’s at Chicago and State this weekend.
Here are more details from an email sent out by Campus Safety:
Loyola Community,
This past weekend, a serious incident took place at the McDonald’s located on the corner of Chicago and State. Due to the establishment’s proximity to the Water Tower Campus, we want to be sure you are aware of the situation.
On Sunday, a group of about 70 youths stormed the restaurant and created a disturbance. Approximately 10 Chicago Police Department (CPD) units responded and ultimately closed the restaurant for nearly three hours until peace was restored. Both CPD and Campus Safety believe this activity is related to the same group of individuals who have attempted to create havoc in the area before. In February, we alerted you to a similar incident in which these “Flash Mob Offenders” were allegedly committing thefts within local retail stores around the Water Tower Campus community. The offenders exit the Chicago Red Line stop, they go to various shops or restaurants, usually clothing stores, and then storm the stores, taking as many items as they can carry. The incidents seem to occur most often on weekends, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Golly. It sounds dangerous. But you have to go to the Loyola website to read anything about it since the media won't cover it. Or at least they haven't recently.
FROM SECOND CITY COP
FROM SECOND CITY COP
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