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19 arrested at mall, 'not related' to boy band concert

Most are charged with misdemeanor mob action. A 16-year-old was charged with battery of a mall security guard who was trying to evacuate the mall.

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Mindless Behavior, who performed at the mall 45 minutes prior to a disturbance that resulted in 19 arrests, are seen in 2012. Ford City Mall senior general manager John Sarama says the incident wasn't related to an appearance by the boy band.
  • By Associated Press

| CHICAGO

Nineteen teenagers have been聽arrested聽following a disturbance that shut down a Chicago shopping聽mall聽and left two people with minor injuries.

Chicago Police Officer Laura Kubiak says the teens聽arrested聽Saturday were both male and female and ranged in age from 13 to 18.

Most are charged with misdemeanor mob action. A 16-year-old was charged with battery of a聽mall聽security guard who was trying to evacuate the聽mall.

Ford City聽Mall聽senior general manager John Sarama says the incident wasn't related to an appearance by the boy band Mindless Behavior, which ended about 45 minutes earlier.

Police say a large group of teens started causing chaos inside the聽mall. The disturbance continued in the parking lot, where some teens climbed on top of cars.

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