TRUMBULL — Three juvenile females got into a scuffle in the courtyard outside of Ruby Tuesday's at the just after 7 Monday night, and large group of kids surrounded the girls to cheer them on, according to police. Reinforcements were brought in and three arrests were made.
Trumbull officers, who were stationed at the mall that night, called for backup. Cars from the Trumbull, Monroe, Bridgeport and Stratford police departments, as well as state police officers arrived within minutes. The out-of-town reinforcements brought their dogs.
According to Monroe Police Lt. Brian McCauley, his department's K-9 officer Gunner followed a barking command to get the crowd to disburse.
"In this particular case, the crowd was getting so large and unruly that we didn't want to just have our guys in there," said Trumbull Deputy Police Chief Michael Harry.
In the end, all three of the girls involved in the fight, ages 14, 15, and 17, were arrested by the Trumbull Police Department. Two were issued juvenile infractions for breach of peace, and the third was issued a juvenile summons for breach of peace and interfering with an officer. Bridgeport police arrested an additional juvenile girl for interfering with an officer and she will be sent to juvenile court.
— Bill Bittar contributed to this story
And to all of these people who are "afraid" to go to the mall? I'm a physically small, teenage girl who has been at the mall till eleven or twelve at night and had to walk to the car by myself. I have never been harassed or even looked at the wrong way while the mall was open or closed. Has anyone personally seen a gun pulled? And who are you saying pulled that gun? Don't you dare call people from Bridgeport "ghetto". That is a racist and massive generalization. Where were those girls from anyway? Just because they were arrested by the Trumbull and Bridgeport police does not mean that they are from those towns. Someone should find out before blaming "ghetto" people.
Can you give us a link to that police report? Or is that just one of the many things that could happen? I mean let's how manly you are when you're trampled by an elephant. I mean, since we're talking about things are very likely to happen in the near future.
If cannot provide that, please stop talking out of your butt. Oh, and so it's not cool that someone made a chauvinistic remark, but it's okay for you to make racist remarks? That's a tad hypocritical.
Managers and workers get bused in. Paying customers get bused in. Go look up exactly how many people living in places that get bused to the Trumbull mall are on welfare. It's not a lot. Less than 20%. So unless basically the only people on welfare go to the mall, that's not true. And if they are on welfare, they can buy groceries and clothes for their children. But most people who bused in aren't. And most people who are bused commit no crimes, and are lovely people. My customers who are bused in are more polite and kinder than my customers from places like Monroe, Fairfield, and Trumbull (I check id when I swipe a credit card, so I know where they live). If you want, you can come into work with me and I'll introduce you to my manager who is bused in. Great guy. You can talk to my pregnant co-worker, and explain to her that you think her being able to work to help support her child and supplement her husband's income is a bad idea because she takes the bus. You can tell my friend that he can longer support his mother because the buses bring in people like him.
While you may not have ever had anything happen to you while walking to your car alone, that doesn't mean it won't ever happen. While I admire your ability to walk freely without so much as a care in the world, all that has done has made you a future target for those who keep watch and notice how little you pay attention to the environment around you. The Bridgeport that existed when my parents were children is not the same Bridgeport in 2012. Never said everyone in Bridgeport was ghetto, but please...you're probably the type of girl who would make a wrong turn downtown at night and sob profusely on your smart phone to your dad to come rescue you.
I find it comical how i'm labeled 'racist' for saying 'ghetto'. The reason you guys are calling me racist is because YOU have automatically linked 'ghetto' and 'gangster' with people who aren't white. I didn't make that connection. You did, without any help from me. Just another politically correct person trying point fingers and yell 'racist' the second they hear (or read) something they don't like. In regards to my comment to Alex, it wasn't about her gender. I didn't say "you'll cry because you're a girl". My point was that it's easy to act like you're not scared of anything, until you're suddenly thrust in the situation and frantically calling your parents or someone to come help you. I've known many teenage boys who'd probably have the same reaction. My comment was about her age, not gender.
And I'm flattered that you think someone would go out of their way to watch me, with my ever changing schedule simply because I'm not looking over my shoulder in fear. If I get attacked, it could be anywhere at any time. Please don't think of me as naive. I have been attacked before in a place where I was promised safety so I'm not gonna be an idiot, flaunting that I'm alone and vulnerable. I'm just not paranoid or bitter. The stress of fear is a lot more damaging than what may happen one day. And I do think that "we" (I include myself here) are more entitled than some of our neighboring towns. I'm sure that there are other places more entitled than we are. Times have changed in Bridgeport, but they have also changed Trumbull and Monroe, too. I believe some of the drug problems Trumbull has weren't the same when my father grew up. He used to be allowed to ride his bike to Trumbull center and back alone at night in 1974, but the children I babysit cannot play in the yard in daylight without supervision in Trumbull today. My mother works at a Trumbull middle school that she attended as a child. I hear there's a lot more bomb threats nowadays. I don't want to fight with you, Ms. E. I just don't think it's fair to make as many generalizations as you have made.
I'm sorry to want proof, to be sure people aren't making things up. I'm sorry that happened to John, but I think it's okay to be skeptical of people saying guns were shown and no police reports were filed.
You didn't call any other race "wannabes". And maybe racist isn't the right word, but I'm having trouble coming up with someone who discriminates against someone of a certain socio-economic class. Let's agree to stop making assumptions, the both of us? Okay?
For once I actually agree with you. I fully understand where there may be a need for assistance, but particularly now with all of the budget cuts and Financial bickering going on there really is no room for the added expense of out-of-town courtesy calls. I'm actually curious, but how is it handled when neighboring towns need fire assistance? It happens all the time, but I'm completely unaware as to how that works. Does anyone know?
Man, you are so lucky you know how to Jitterbug, I hear Aliens can be quite "Ghetto" if you refuse to dance with them... lol
And it would ease crowding in prisons.
The mall borders Bridgeport, Bridgeport has a high crime rate, many mall patrons comes from Bridgeport, malls typically attract teenagers. It's a bad combination with very bad potential. Does anyone remember the shooting at Bow-Tie Cinemas?!?! I mean seriously. Bridgeport has multiple movie theaters, yet the scum decided to travel to Trumbull and have their pow-wow.