BRIDGE IS SAFE TO REOPEN.
((PAUL)) PEOPLE IN FORSYTH
SAY... A GROUP OF TEENAGERS IS
CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR
BUSINESSES. ((JENNIFER)) THEY
SAY THEY'RE DOING THINGS LIKE
STEALING...VANDALI ZING CARS
AND PULLING FIRE ALARMS. NOW
DEPUTIES ARE STEPPING IN TO
TRY AND STOP IT. WCIA THREE'S
COURTNEY BUNTING IS IN OUR
NEWSROOM TONIGHT. COURTNEY --
WHERE IS THIS HAPPENING?
((COURTNEY)) PEOPLE I TALKED
TO SAY THE KIDS USUALLY START
GATHERING AT HICKORY POINT
MALL. THEY'RE NOW ASKED TO
LEAVE THE MALL THREE HOURS
BEFORE CLOSING BECAUSE OF IT.
HOWEVER...AFTER THEY LEAVE...
MALL EMPLOYEES SAY THEY OFTEN
HEAD TO NEARBY BUSINESSES LIKE
MCDONALD'S OR RED LOBSTER.
VILLAGE MAYOR MARILYN JOHNSON
SAYS TWO CARS WERE DAMAGED IN
RED LOBSTER'S PARKING LOT
EARLIER THIS MONTH... AND SHE
BELIEVES IT WAS THIS GROUP OF
KIDS WHO DID IT. I TALKED TO
ONE WOMAN WHO WORKS AT THE
MALL WHO IS FRUSTRATED BY THE
PROBLEM. SHE FEELS THERE
SHOULD BE MORE TO ENTERTAIN
KIDS AT NIGHT TO KEEP THEM OUT
OF TROUBLE.
"They
screaming. screaming
expletives, trying to fight.
It
them. The security does the
best that they can, but
usually they have to be ran
out. They have a policy over
there where they kick them out
by 6, but even them they still
keep coming and coming" I
TALKED TO VILLAGE
ADMINISTRATOR DAVIS STROHL. HE
SAYS VILLAGE LEADERS MET WITH
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE
BUSINESSES AFFECTED TO DISCUSS
THE ISSUE.
((COURTNEY)) THE MACON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS ADDED
MORE PATROLS AROUND THE MALL
AREA. THEY NOW HAVE TWO EXTRA
OFFICERS PATROLING ON FRIDAY'S
AND SATURDAY'S IN FORSYTH.
THANKS COURTNEY.
((PAUL)) SOME ARE CALLING IT A
