Overview
- A social-media 'teen takeover' at Orlando’s ICON Park on Saturday drew more than 1,000 youths and led to multiple fights and nine arrests.
- The Orange County Sheriff's Office deployed 54 deputies to clear the area, and two deputies were hospitalized and later released.
- Arrested teens were ages 13 to 16 on charges that included battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting, affray and trespass after warning.
- In response, ICON Park introduced a chaperone policy requiring anyone 17 or younger to stay with a chaperone age 21 or older, with one adult allowed to supervise up to six teens.
- Sheriff John Mina said the gathering was promoted online and warned that a known May 9 event will face a heavy law-enforcement presence.