{"id":136545,"date":"2026-02-17T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:35:29","slug":"18-teens-arrested-in-wild-takeover-rampage-at-bronx-mall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/136545\/","title":{"rendered":"18 teens arrested in wild \u2018takeover\u2019 rampage at Bronx mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cops arrested 18 teenagers who they say ran wild through the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx on Presidents\u2019 Day, where they allegedly busted windows and damaged property, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/nypd-ends-2025-with-historic-decreases-in-murders-and-shootings-uptick-in-rapes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">police<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More arrests are expected as detectives review surveillance videos from the mall, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/mall-bay-plaza-arrests-several-custody-police-break-large-crowd-disorderly-teens-baychester-bronx\/18609379\/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_TW&amp;taid=6993a8bec4c82c00019f5893&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:videos of the mayhem;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">videos of the mayhem<\/a> shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 200 teens, taking part in a \u201ctakeover\u201d event that was promoted online, were recorded acting unruly both inside and outside the mall, where they were recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Natanaelny1974\/status\/2023500412398030933?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:being chased by and brawling with responding officers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">being chased by and brawling with responding officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Images taken in the aftermath of the takeover event show broken store windows and damaged benches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said that 18 teens were taken into custody after they were repeatedly told to disperse but didn\u2019t. Seventeen of them were under 16 years old and were given summonses for unlawful assembly, cops said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the older youths, Victor Martin, 19, was charged with unlawful assembly and riot. His arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court was pending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A similar \u201ctakeover\u201d event \u2014 where teens are encouraged on social media to flood a specific location and run amok \u2014 was promoted online for the Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Belmont, also in the Bronx, on Tuesday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was not immediately clear if any crowds showed up Tuesday. A takeover event with 300 teens <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tr00peRR\/status\/2003282283214893543?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:happened at the trampoline park in December;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">happened at the trampoline park in December<\/a>, which sparked a police response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City public schools are closed this week for <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.311.nyc.gov\/article\/?kanumber=KA-02522\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:midwinter recess;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">midwinter recess<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an effort to dissuade teens from taking over malls and public spaces north of the Bronx, the Yonkers Police Department posted a message on X reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YonkersPD\/status\/2023807862732988725?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cTakeover? Think twice in Yonkers.\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cTakeover? Think twice in Yonkers.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe have long-established, well-practiced procedures in place for situations like this,\u201d the Yonkers PD said. \u201cThese protocols have been developed, refined, and exercised over time, and we are fully prepared to respond to any level of unrest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops arrested 18 teenagers who they say ran wild through the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[58059,128,6060,9,24,63,56076,58058,129,131,130,58056,58057],"class_list":["post-136545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-18-teens","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-criminal-court","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-presidents-day","tag-takeover","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-unlawful-assembly","tag-yonkers-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}