Many businesses open on Sunday night voluntarily closed early. Videos posted to social media show large crowds of juveniles scattering into the adjoining business district as well as some of the neighborhoods nearby. There were a lot of fights all over the place. A lot of kids running around, hanging out, just chaos. “I went to my wife and I said, ‘we’ve got to go.’ The kids were fighting and cussing like crazy,” Herrera said. Norman Herrera was at the fair on Sunday with his children until he started seeing the agitation building in the crowds of juveniles building, he said. Turner said there were minor issues reported at the festival on Friday and Saturday night but the situation became untenable on Sunday night. The problem is you get people out of the festival grounds and now you have people all along Vine Street that are causing problems at businesses and residential areas. They had a bunch of fights and they decided to shut it down early. “It turned into a riotous situation and a mob mentality. It’s not like one or two people that are causing the problems and you could contain them,” Turner said. One Willowick officer was forced to use a pepper ball gun - a less lethal munition that uses a powdered irritant - in order to disperse the crowds. The gun was never displayed nor were any shots fired, Turner said. Although it is unclear what charges the 10 juveniles may face, Turner said one minor was in possession of a handgun. Mutual aid from neighboring police departments, including Wickliffe, Willoughby, Willoughby Hills and Kirtland were also called in to assist. Turner said he had to reassign every patrol officer that was currently on duty on Sunday night in order to help officers working the festival disperse the crowds. The four-day festival was shut down earlier than anticipated after larger-than-expected crowds, which included groups of unruly juveniles, packed the festival grounds, the police chief said.
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PHIL YOUR STORY: Have a story Dr.WILLOWICK, Ohio - Willowick Police Chief Brian Turner said officers took 10 juveniles into custody on Sunday night after large groups of unaccompanied minors began fighting and causing a series of disturbances on the final night of Saint Mary Magdelene Church’s annual fair. The judge is scheduled to render his decision June 1. The presiding judge may either accept the jury’s recommendation for execution or sentence him to life in prison.
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