'THIS IS A PARENTAL ISSUE': Philadelphia police are calling last night's disorderly crowd in Center City a 'parental issue.' So far, four teens have been arrested for disorderly conduct, and one officer suffered a serious knee injury. MORE:
Police officials held a press conference Thursday to discuss the crowd of juveniles that caused a "disturbance" in Center City, leaving one officer injured. At least five arrests were made, according to police.Five people were arrested and a Philadelphia police officer suffered a significant knee injury when police say a Philadelphia Police Inspector Ray Evers says the busy night began around 6 p.m.
Shortly after that incident, officers say they noticed a continued influx of juveniles around 7:30 p.m. in the area of the 900 and 1100 blocks of Market Street. "These kids were not orderly, they were not going to the mall, they were not going to the movie theater and they were not there to enjoy their friends," Inspector Evers stated Thursday afternoon during a press conference.
Police say it took until about 9 p.m. to clear the area, and that four disorderly conduct arrests were made in that time. The fifth person arrested matched the description of a suspect in a robbery that occurred at 2nd and Chestnut Streets on Tuesday night, according to police. Inspector Evers added that the 13-year-old girl was in the back of a police car while an officer was preparing paperwork for a disorderly conduct arrest. While she was in the car, Evers says another juvenile tried to free the suspect from the back of the police vehicle.
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