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Timeline Shows Teen Attacks Before Curfew

Updated: Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011, 4:47 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 12 Aug 2011, 3:13 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA - An analysis of 11 teen mob attacks in Philadelphia since 2008 shows only four incidents would have occured after the new curfew times imposed by Mayor Michael Nutter this week.

In fact, all 11 incidents happened before the previous 12 a.m. weekend curfew for teens between 13 and 18 years of age.

On Monday, Nutter placed a 9 p.m. weekend curfew on teens in parts of the city as part of new measure to fight against violence.

The city’s previous weekend curfew law stated that on Fridays and Saturdays, children under the age of 13 must be home by 10:00 p.m., and young people between the ages of 13 and 18 must be home by 12:00 a.m.

But in the 11 publicized incidents we reviewed, just four happened after 9 p.m., with one of the attacks occuring at 9:15 p.m. (based on an eyewitness report from Fox 29 producers) and another at approximatley 9:30 p.m.

The majority happened much earlier in the day, with many incidents not on the weekend.

List Of Teen Mob Incidents, 2008-2011

Date Incident Time Day Of Week Location
3/26/2008 Man Killed In Subway 2:35 p.m. Wednesday Center City
5/30/2009 Rowdy Crowd On South Street 11:30 p.m. Saturday South Street
2/16/2010 Gallery/Macy's Teen Incident 4:45 p.m. Tuesday Center City
3/3/2010 CVS Teen Mob 4:15 p.m. Wednesday Center City
3/20/2010 South Street Mob Incident 10:20 p.m. Saturday South Street 
3/3/2011 Liberty Place Incident 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Center City
6/22/2011 Sears Incident 7:00 p.m. Thursday Upper Darby
6/25/2011 Spring Garden Incident 9:30 p.m. Saturday Spring Garden
7/29/2011 Charter School Attack 1:47 p.m. Friday Old City
7/29/2011 Chestnut Street Attacks 9:15 p.m. Friday Center City
7/31/2011 Kelly Drive Attack 6:00 p.m. Sunday Fairmount Park

Here is a breakdown of each incident, with links to MyFoxPhilly coverage of the incidents.

March 26, 2008

Starbucks manager Sean Conroy dies after he is attacked by a group of students on a SEPTA concourse near City Hall.

The incident occurred happened on a Wednesday at 2:35 p.m. before the turnstiles on the Market-Frankford Line concourse at 13th and Market streets.

Conroy was in a defensive mode, when he was threatened by the teens. He died of an apparent asthma attack following the attack, and he was picked out at random, according to prosecutors.

The attack on Conroy was based on a dare made at Simon Gratz High School.

Five teens were sentenced in the case, four on murder charges. Those convicted on murder charges received 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison. The fifth teen served under a year in jail and was released.


May 30, 2009

People go to South and Broad Streets responding to text messages and online social networking sites.

A victim, 54, was riding his bicycle home from his job at the Wistar Institute in University City around 11:30 p.m. when he was confronted by eight males at Broad and South,

The man was attacked and his credit cards are stolen.

Stephen Lyde, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, conspiracy and a rioting charge before Common Pleas Judge Susan I. Schulman. He was sentenced to serve 5 to 20 years in state prison.


Feb 16, 2010

A flash mob of about 150 teens create violent chaos at Macy's in Philadelphia.

The crowds spilled out of the Gallery shopping mall east of City Hall during rush hour at 4:45 p.m and rampaged through Macy’s, knocking down customers and damaging displays.

The police arrested 15 of the teenagers and, according to one report, some had not been allowed to call their parents six hours after they were detained.

March 3, 2010

Police arrested 18 teenagers in a brawl in Center City . The teens, believed to be students from local high schools, started fighting  near a CVS on Chestnut Street near Broad about 4:15 p.m.

CVS employees immediately called 9-1-1, and a large contingent of police responded in a flash. Some of the teens were arrested at the scene, while others were apprehended near City Hall


March 20, 2010

A huge mob on South Street takes over the street , as roving teenagers break into fights. Four onlookers were injured and at least three people were arrested

Two victims were Chalfont waitress Anna Taylor and her boyfriend, John Kemp, and both were punched in the head about 10:20 p.m. on 15th Street between Kater and South Streets.

Two teens were found guilty of felony rioting and 16 others pleaded to the same charge.


March 3, 2011

Police say five teenagers are in custody after a mob gathered at Liberty Place

in Center City.

The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. in the area of 15th and Chestnut Streets. Central Detectives received a radio call of a large flash mob in the street. Arriving officers found teens in the street weaving in and out of traffic, and pushing pedestrians on the sidewalk.

The group of teens then entered Liberty Place, knocking over promotion signs outside of stores, and then went into the food court and began flipping tables. Police say all the activity inside was caught on surveillance video.

Five high school students were arrested. Police said there was no indication social media played a role.

June 22, 2011

A mob of about 40 people rampaged in the Sears department store on 69th Street Thursday at 7 p.m. in neighboring Upper Darby, and istole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, officials said.

Police were able to round up 15 juveniles and one adult, 19, all from West Philadelphia. The teens used the subway to get to Upper Darby.

“They came in on the El train and hit Sears,” police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. “They stole sneakers, socks, watches, whatever they could get their hands on, and left.

June 27, 2011

More than 100 teens beat, trampled and robbed pedestrians Saturday night around North Broad Street, after a festival that promoted peace.

The teens were at the Susquehanna Community Festival in Spring Garden . When it ended at 9 p.m., they started heading toward South Street, police said. After some attacked innocent pedestrians - three people reported being robbed, and two reported being assaulted.

One woman was hospitalized with a broken leg after she was protected from attackers at 9:30 p.m. by other women who saw the assault.

July 29, 2011

Several people were beaten by a group of 20 to 40 young people around 9 p.m. at Juniper and Walnut . Police say one of the four suspects arrested for the attacks was just 11 years old.

Earlier in the day, teens from a charter school group that received a $1 million donation from Oprah Winfrey attacked a bystander in Philadelphia's Old City at 1:47 p.m., just blocks from Independence Hall.


July 31, 2011

A fourth teen mob attack in Philadelphia has surfaced, with this incident just two days after attacks in Center City and Society Hill on bystanders.

Christopher Dean says he was riding his bike on Kelly Drive around 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 31st when he was assaulted by a group of teens.

Police public affairs has confirmed the incident to Fox 29 and said no one has yet been arrested in the attack
 

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