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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Bar-room brawls break out at . . . Chuck E. Cheese's????

2008-12-10

Wall Street Journal

Chuck E. Cheese's Blotter

Brookfield, Wisc.: April 5, 2008

Seven Brookfield Police officers broke up a fight that involved as many as 40 people, according to police reports. The altercation broke out after an uninvited guest showed up at a child's birthday party. No one was arrested. (See police report.)

Flint, Mich.: Jan. 26, 2008

Flint Township police responded to a call about a large fight at Chuck E. Cheese's that involved as many as 85 people, according to police reports. A fight inside the restaurant between three females erupted, pepper gas was sprayed and people flooded outside the restaurant into the back parking lot. (See police report.)

Toledo, Ohio: Feb. 4, 2007

Police responded to the scene after a fight broke out. Several parents complained about children who were having their picture drawn at one of the machines and then continued to sit there after the drawings were complete. Parents began calling names and then throwing punches. Several people were injured and several cited for disorderly conduct. (See police report.)

Matteson, Ill.: 2007-2008

Police have responded to 12 disturbance calls at Chuck E. Cheese in the last year, said a local law enforcement official. The disturbances ranged in seriousness and included one in which two men attacked another man at a birthday party.

Milwaukee, Wisc.: Aug. 11, 2006

Upon officers' arrival at a south side Chuck E. Cheese's, they spoke with a male who stated that during a verbal argument, an elderly female threw a shoe at him, according to police reports. He stated the fight started over someone calling his child "ugly." He stated he was not injured, his pride was just hurt.

Topeka, Kan.: Jan. 17, 2005

Topeka Police responded to a disturbance call around 5:30 p.m., according to a department spokeswoman. Two adult females were involved in an altercation prior to police arrival. It was reported that one small child was either bumped or stuck by another child. The mothers of the girls began to argue and an altercation ensued. No one was charged.

In Brookfield, Wis., no restaurant has triggered more calls to the police department since last year than Chuck E. Cheese's.

Officers have been called to break up 12 fights, some of them physical, at the child-oriented pizza parlor since January 2007. The biggest melee broke out in April, when an uninvited adult disrupted a child's birthday party. Seven officers arrived and found as many as 40 people knocking over chairs and yelling in front of the restaurant's music stage, where a robotic singing chicken and the chain's namesake mouse perform. . . .

Posted by:Mike

#6 And the damned leftie fools wonder why normal people don't want anything to do with mass transit. Far too much of the "public" consists of lowlife bastards without the slightest respect for themselves, others, or their surroundings. Moreover, they're ready to threaten--or engage in--violence at the drop of a hat. This Chuck E. Cheese stuff is far more common in far more places than people want to believe.

When there is again general acceptance of the propriety of some "acting-out" jerkoff getting his ass beat bloody by bystanders--or widespread applause for Bernie Goetzes plugging armed robbers--maybe "public" areas can possibly again become acceptable venues for normal people. Given the direction our society is headed, however, I don't see that as likely.

Make no mistake: the general crudity of public behavior and the widespread, although sotto voce recognition of the black violent crime tsunami are the major reasons for the explosion of concealed carry permits in the U.S. Prudent people, where they can, are taking the steps necessary to protect themselves because they know that responsibility rests on them. Society is falling apart and the idea of police protection is truly nothing more than a myth.

Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-10 22:09

#5 "The biggest problem is you have a bunch of adults acting like juveniles,"

I wish it were that good.

Better start hiring bouncers.

Posted by: gorb 2008-12-10 20:40

#4 heck, I remember when that place was like the best arcade on west side of Detroit in early 80s. They had every arcade game you could think of in every part of the restaurant and a huge game room - it was awesome for a 10 yr old, now it's a sham, very few games but lots of clowns.

Posted by: Hupeper aka Broadhead6 2008-12-10 20:36

#3 Chuck E. Cheese is an ideal expression of once-a-year parental feelings for most lowlife assholes. The place ain't bad (I remember taking my kids there occasionally, but I stopped once they could drive themselves....whiners), just the customers ;-)

Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-10 19:31

#2 Chuckie Cheese Hell

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-12-10 13:06

#1 For some reason, gangbangers and their associated scum families like to go to Chuck E. Cheeses, I've no idea why. Anyway, they aren't like they were back in the 80s, they're dangerous now.

In Milwaukee, the store posted a sign outlining a dress code that prohibits what it calls "gang-style apparel."

Yup.

This most recent assault, described in police reports, occurred after a woman in her 30s approached a 6-year-old boy who was playing a videogame. When the boy went to insert more tokens to continue playing, the woman grabbed the tokens out of his hand and told him to stop hogging the game. The boy went and got his 26-year-old mother, who walked over to the woman. The woman began screaming at the boy's mother, and another suspect, a man in his 30s, grabbed the mother by the throat and pushed her against the videogame machine.

Attacking a child...wonderful ghetto behavior.

Posted by: gromky 2008-12-10 12:59

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