California mall to enforce ID lanyard rule for unaccompanied minors following major brawl.
A California Shopping Mall Takes Action After Brawl
A California shopping mall will require unaccompanied minors to wear lanyards with their identification after a brawl over the weekend forced the mall to shut down.
Several fights broke out just after 6 p.m. at Moreno Valley Mall east of Los Angeles on Sunday, resulting in authorities being called to help security break up the physical altercations. No weapons were used in the scuffles, according to mall management.
The mall’s movie theater was offering $4 tickets to celebrate National Cinema Day and hundreds of people had come to the shopping center to take advantage of the offer.
Local parents weighed in, saying they think the lanyard IDs are a good start, at least.
“I don’t think that’s a bad idea, but what good is just knowing who they are? If anything, you solve the problem. I don’t think knowing who they are will solve the problem,” one parent told Fox 11.
“We would like to remind you that the mall security is not a babysitting service, and it is the responsibility of parents to raise their children to be respectful to others and to compose themselves accordingly when out in public,” the mall said in a statement.
“In light of today’s events, we will be forced to go back to the drawing board with regard to unattended youth at our property,” said the mall, which is operated by International Growth Properties.
The statement added that it extends its “sincerest apologies” to the stores and families who were “caught up in this child’s play while trying to enjoy our mall.”
Unaccompanied minors will now have to wear lanyards with their names and their parents’ contact information when they are at the mall after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on the weekends.
So far it is unclear when the new rule will take effect, but the goal is reportedly to have it in place by the holiday season.
The same night as the mall brawl, another fight broke out among teens at Del Amo Shopping Center in Torrance, just south of Los Angeles.
Footage from that fight shows blood on the floor as teens grab, kick, and punch each other.
Police from five different law enforcement agencies, including the LAPD, arrived on the scene to break up the Torrance mall fight, but no arrests were made, authorities said.
Earlier this month, a mob of nearly 50 people in hoodies and masks stole up to $300,000 in luxury merchandise from a Nordstrom in Los Angeles. The thieves also attacked security guards with bear mace.
Also this month, another group of 30 to 40 thieves robbed a Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale just north of Los Angeles, absconding with an estimated $300,000 worth of merchandise, police said. The brazen broad daylight smash-and-grab robbery was caught on video just before 5 p.m.
Footage from the Yves Saint Laurent incident shows more than a dozen people mostly dressed in dark clothes, hoods, and masks dashing into the store and running out again, their arms full of the expensive merchandise.
Last week, a new Los Angeles task force arrested 11 people in connection with recent organized smash-and-grab robberies, including the Nordstrom and Yves Saint Laurent incidents.
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