{"id":235054,"date":"2026-05-18T09:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235054\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:41:40","slug":"teen-takeover-becomes-wild-brawl-inside-dc-chipotle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235054\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Teen takeover’ becomes wild brawl inside DC Chipotle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A \u201cteen takeover\u201d<\/a> dissolved into a violent brawl inside a Washington, DC restaurant, according to a viral video shared online mere days after federal prosecutors announced they would be charging parents of the miscreants involved in similar public disruptions.<\/p>\n

A mob of teenagers descended onto a Chipotle in Washington\u2019s Navy Yard over the weekend and, at some point, started throwing punches \u2014 and furniture, according to jarring videos<\/a> shared by witnesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The teens began throwing furniture inside a DC Chipotle. r\/washingtondc\/Reddit<\/p>\n

People could be heard screaming in the background as the youths vaulted on top of one another, throwing punches at random and even using an abandoned highchair as a makeshift sledgehammer.<\/p>\n

One teen ran up behind another and hit him over the head with the highchair while a little girl cowered off to the side in her father\u2019s arms, according to witness videos shared online.<\/p>\n

Some of the teenagers retreated when chairs started flying across the eatery.<\/p>\n

The combatants largely concealed their faces with medical masks, and all wore similar all-black outfits.<\/p>\n

While the boys wreaked havoc, a gaggle of girls watched outside the restaurant. Some shrieked when the boys started using furniture as weapons, while others laughed in apparent glee, the footage shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my f\u2013king God, bro, damn!\u201d one girl cackled.<\/p>\n

Then, flashing police lights and sirens reflected in the chain\u2019s window.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police! Oh, we gotta go!\u201d the same girl screeched while taking off on foot.<\/p>\n

The shocking clip has been shared widely online. r\/washingtondc\/Reddit<\/p>\n

Flashing police lights spooked the rowdy youths and broke up the brawl. r\/washingtondc\/Reddit<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if any of the brawlers were arrested or the exact date of the fight.<\/p>\n

On Friday, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia\u00a0Jeanine Pirro announced that her office will step in and prosecute parents of minors involved in the increasingly frequent \u201cteen takeovers,\u201d<\/a> specifically citing similar instances of chaos in the city\u2019s Navy Yard neighborhood. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to charge them, and if you drop your kid off and you fail to supervise them or you let them skip school to join the chaos, you are going to face fines, court-ordered classes and possible jail time,\u201d Pirro said.<\/p>\n

Parents could face up to six months in jail on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Pirro.<\/p>\n

Cops began imposing a \u201cJuvenile Curfew Zone\u201d for the Navy Yard in early April, but it hasn\u2019t stopped \u201cteen takeovers.\u201d r\/washingtondc\/Reddit<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sends a clear message to the parents that you must supervise your kids or face criminal consequences,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Community leaders and residents alike are dubious about possible \u201cfederal overreach,\u201d telling WJLA<\/a> that such punishments should be handled at a local level.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolicing and putting people in jail is actually kind of how we got to where we\u2019re at now. There\u2019s no one at home because they got locked up and thrown in jail. We\u2019re not going to police our way out of this situation,\u201d Nic Wilson, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for part of the\u00a0Navy Yard, told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Despite the public\u2019s skepticism, Pirro said her office would begin charging parents over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Cops began imposing a \u201cJuvenile Curfew Zone\u201d for the Navy Yard in early April in an attempt to curb the rowdy mobs of youths. Even so, several have broken out since, including one mere days after the curfew was enacted, <\/a>where four teens were arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201cteen takeover\u201d dissolved into a violent brawl inside a Washington, DC restaurant, according to a viral video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34594,37882,9,11,10,4730,58,1115,1688,8093],"class_list":["post-235054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-chipotle-mexican-grill","tag-mad-brawls","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-teens","tag-us-news","tag-video","tag-viral-videos","tag-washington-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235054","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=235054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}