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(post gazette) - Monroeville Mall's Youth Escort Policy has been used elsewhere
February 9, 2015 12:00 AM
Monroeville Mall is the latest in a string of shopping malls nationwide to put into place a policy that requires adults to accompany minors during weekend evening hours.
The policy comes in the wake of a shooting in the mall's Macy’s over the weekend that left three wounded, as well as a recent robbery and a December incident in which large numbers of teens converged on the mall and caused a disturbance.
Monroeville Mall’s general manager, Tom Gerber, announced plans Sunday for implementing a Youth Escort Policy to “curtail the rising number of unsupervised youth hanging out at Monroeville Mall and related disturbances.”
Beginning sometime this month, mall visitors after 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays who are under 18 years old will have to be accompanied by an individual who is at least 21.
Stacey Keating, corporate marketing specialist for CBL & Associates Properties Inc., which owns and manages the mall, said this policy was in the works prior to Saturday’s shooting and enforcement is scheduled to begin in March.
“It’s a conversation we’ve been having at Monroeville for about a month now, and in light of recent events we decided to fast-track the implementation of the policy,” she said.
The launch date of the policy is yet to be finalized and there were no details on how it would be enforced.
However, CBL Properties has implemented the same policy at other shopping centers, including River View Mall in Lynchburg, Va., and Lakeshore Mall in Sebring, Fla. Enforcement includes security guards checking for identification at mall entrances.
Monroeville Mall is the latest of many malls implementing such policies. Malls with similar policies include Franklin Park Mall in Toledo, Ohio; Tri-County Mall in Cincinnati; Ford City Mall in Chicago; the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.; and 25 of CBL Properties’ shopping centers.
Franklin Park Mall and Ford City Mall both started their policies in January, making them two of the most recent additions.
Ford City had a February 2014 disturbance similar to that at Monroeville Mall in December, with a mob of teenagers running through the mall and parking lot and jumping on cars. Nineteen teenagers were arrested and two people were injured. Though no additional incidents occurred between February and Ford City’s implementation of the policy last month, mall officials described it as a precautionary measure in response to teens fighting at malls across the country.
Franklin Park also called its policy a proactive rather than a reactive measure.
Several malls have even stricter policies than Monroeville Mall’s planned restrictions. Franklin Park Mall’s policy begins at 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and the MacArthur Center in Norfolk, Va., prohibits unsupervised minors from entering the premises after 5 p.m. all seven days of the week.
The Mall of America was the first to implement such a policy in 1996, though its policy only applies to those under 16.
According to the CBL news release: “The conduct of unsupervised youth and young adults at Monroeville Mall has created an uncomfortable atmosphere for mall visitors and an increasing safety challenge.”
Significant to the policy’s development was feedback from local government officials and community members, particularly shoppers and store employees who have expressed safety concerns, according to the release.
Employees under 18 will be issued special identification allowing them to remain in the mall unsupervised on weekend nights. Once they have clocked out of work, the same general public rules will apply to them, as well.
The release also states that the mall will continue to partner with community groups to ensure the establishment of supervised youth activities outside of visiting the mall.
Jill Harkins: jharkins@post-gazette.com or 412-263-3772The policy comes in the wake of a shooting in the mall's Macy’s over the weekend that left three wounded, as well as a recent robbery and a December incident in which large numbers of teens converged on the mall and caused a disturbance.
Monroeville Mall’s general manager, Tom Gerber, announced plans Sunday for implementing a Youth Escort Policy to “curtail the rising number of unsupervised youth hanging out at Monroeville Mall and related disturbances.”
Beginning sometime this month, mall visitors after 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays who are under 18 years old will have to be accompanied by an individual who is at least 21.
Stacey Keating, corporate marketing specialist for CBL & Associates Properties Inc., which owns and manages the mall, said this policy was in the works prior to Saturday’s shooting and enforcement is scheduled to begin in March.
“It’s a conversation we’ve been having at Monroeville for about a month now, and in light of recent events we decided to fast-track the implementation of the policy,” she said.
The launch date of the policy is yet to be finalized and there were no details on how it would be enforced.
However, CBL Properties has implemented the same policy at other shopping centers, including River View Mall in Lynchburg, Va., and Lakeshore Mall in Sebring, Fla. Enforcement includes security guards checking for identification at mall entrances.
Monroeville Mall is the latest of many malls implementing such policies. Malls with similar policies include Franklin Park Mall in Toledo, Ohio; Tri-County Mall in Cincinnati; Ford City Mall in Chicago; the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.; and 25 of CBL Properties’ shopping centers.
Franklin Park Mall and Ford City Mall both started their policies in January, making them two of the most recent additions.
Ford City had a February 2014 disturbance similar to that at Monroeville Mall in December, with a mob of teenagers running through the mall and parking lot and jumping on cars. Nineteen teenagers were arrested and two people were injured. Though no additional incidents occurred between February and Ford City’s implementation of the policy last month, mall officials described it as a precautionary measure in response to teens fighting at malls across the country.
Franklin Park also called its policy a proactive rather than a reactive measure.
Several malls have even stricter policies than Monroeville Mall’s planned restrictions. Franklin Park Mall’s policy begins at 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and the MacArthur Center in Norfolk, Va., prohibits unsupervised minors from entering the premises after 5 p.m. all seven days of the week.
The Mall of America was the first to implement such a policy in 1996, though its policy only applies to those under 16.
According to the CBL news release: “The conduct of unsupervised youth and young adults at Monroeville Mall has created an uncomfortable atmosphere for mall visitors and an increasing safety challenge.”
Significant to the policy’s development was feedback from local government officials and community members, particularly shoppers and store employees who have expressed safety concerns, according to the release.
Employees under 18 will be issued special identification allowing them to remain in the mall unsupervised on weekend nights. Once they have clocked out of work, the same general public rules will apply to them, as well.
The release also states that the mall will continue to partner with community groups to ensure the establishment of supervised youth activities outside of visiting the mall.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2015/02/09/Monroeville-Mall-announces-Youth-Escort-Policy-not-a-new-concept/stories/201502090046
(USA Today) - Officials: Teen charged with killing classmate, took selfie with body
A Pennsylvania teen charged with fatally shooting a classmate took a selfie with the body, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
The teen is charged with shooting 16-year-old Ryan Mangan in the face, killing him. Mangan's mother found his body in their Jeannette, Pa., home on Wednesday, according to the Tribune-Review.
The mother of another teen contacted police after her son received a picture of the victim with the alleged shooter, the Associated Press reported. The suspect also sent a text that said, "Told you I cleaned up the shells" and "Ryan was not the last one," according to the AP.
The suspect sent the selfie through SnapChat, a social media application that deletes pictures seconds after they are sent, according to the Tribune-Review.
According to a police affidavit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette obtained, the alleged shooter confessed to killing Mangan after police searched his home Friday and found a 9mm handgun hidden under the basement steps.
Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck told the Tribune-Review it was the first time he had seen a selfie of a suspect with a dead victim. Peck said the photo was, "a key piece of evidence that led investigators to the defendant."
The suspect is charged with homicide and a firearms count, AP reports.
Initial efforts to reach the Westmoreland County juvenile detention center were unsuccessful.
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(The Blaze) - Alabama Set to Become 37th State Where Same-Sex Couples Can Legally Marry
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is set Monday to become the 37th state where gays can legally wed.
An order by a federal judge that overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is to take effect Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on Alabama’s request to stay the decision, hours before courthouses were to open.
Tori Sisson, 24, and Shante Wolfe, 21, of Tuskegee, camped outside the Montgomery courthouse Sunday night in the hopes of being the first couple to get a wedding license. They say they hope to have a wedding later Monday.
At least two probate judges have indicated they’ll refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The American Civil Liberties Union set up a hotline for people to report if they are refused a license.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/02/08/alabama-set-to-become-37th-state-where-same-sex-couples-can-legally-marry/ore
An order by a federal judge that overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is to take effect Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on Alabama’s request to stay the decision, hours before courthouses were to open.
Tori Sisson, 24, and Shante Wolfe, 21, of Tuskegee, camped outside the Montgomery courthouse Sunday night in the hopes of being the first couple to get a wedding license. They say they hope to have a wedding later Monday.
At least two probate judges have indicated they’ll refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The American Civil Liberties Union set up a hotline for people to report if they are refused a license.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/02/08/alabama-set-to-become-37th-state-where-same-sex-couples-can-legally-marry/ore
(trib liv) - Armed robbers hit Magic, Glass & Mayhem business in Greensburg
Greensburg police are searching for two people who robbed a Greensburg business at gunpoint Monday afternoon after tying up the owner.
A man and a woman in their early 20s stole about $200, a safe and merchandise from Magic, Glass and Mayhem at 16 W. Second St., according to owner Ryan Smith.
The pair were waiting outside the store when it opened, Smith said.
He assumed they were customers as they followed him inside.
“As soon as I turned the light on, they pulled a gun on me,” he said.
The pair took Smith to the back of the store, where they tied him up with an extension cord, Smith said.
He said the robbers “pistol-whipped” him, striking him on the side of the head with the gun, and seemed surprised when he did not pass out.
They removed the disc from the store's security cameras, according to Greensburg police.
Magic, Glass & Mayhem sells water pipes, smoking accessories and cards for the game “Magic: The Gathering.” It opened about 10 months ago.
The robbers made off with several high-end water pipes and a few packs of cards. The safe they took was practically empty, Smith said.
“I'm more (expletive) about losing the safe than anything,” he said.
Police are examining security footage from nearby stores to see whether they can spot the robbers, according to Chief Walter Lyons.
Smith requires all store customers to register as members. He said the pair who robbed him seemed familiar with the layout of the store. He suspects they are members, although he didn't recognize them.
Magic, Glass and Mayhem has more than 300 members, he said.
He said stores like his are sometimes seen as easy targets.
“Subculture stores usually keep a lot of cash on hand,” he said.
Smith said he is considering whether to keep the store open. He said he fears the robbery could bring bad publicity, and he may close if business slows in the next few weeks.
Jacob Tierney is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-836-6646 or jtierney@tribweb.com.
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