- A warning to those who come downtown: Chicago Police are on alert for a new brand of criminal.
Sources say in the past three weeks, there have been more than 35 arrests for wilding and flash mob attacks.
CBS 2′s Suzanne LeMignot reports, Chicago police are stepping up patrols to try to put a stop to it. Recently there was a large police presence in front of McDonald’s at State and Chicago and officers on horseback at North Avenue Beach.
The increased patrols have been noticeable among residents.
“I saw cars, [officers] on horseback and just walking around,” said Joseph Golz, who was cycling along the lakefront. “They were present, now I know why.”
Sources say the lakefront has been targeted by large groups of teens, carrying out wilding incidents. Two people riding bikes on the path at North Avenue Beach were recently surrounded by about 100 teens.
Both were knocked off their bikes, then thrown into Lake Michigan. The same thing happened to a person who was walking along Navy Pier. The pier was shut down for a few hours after the incident.
“I think it’s terrible,” said Jill Gomberg. “I think it’s really scary. The lakefront is like a sanctuary.”
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Gee, we've only had our readers commenting on this for what? About a year now? Hell, our contacts across the Central Control Group predicted it following two years of Taste debacles. And we imagine that if Shortshanks had run for re-election instead of retiring, you still wouldn't be hearing shit about it. The media has been in the bag for the Machine for so long, they have no idea how to actually cover news anymore.