Overview
- A large group of teenagers stormed the McDonald’s on Boston Street and a video of the incident showing masked youths pushing behind the counter and beating a teenage worker was widely shared after the event on Friday, Sept. 18.
- Detectives in the Lynn Police Department’s Youth Services Unit identified four juveniles, obtained warrants, and arrested them Wednesday on charges tied to the takeover.
- Each of the four faces multiple counts, including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, trespassing, affray, and a civil rights violation causing injury.
- Police say the investigation remains active as officers seek more participants, surveillance and phone video from the public, and are probing a reported second teen takeover in the area.
- The suspects are being held in juvenile detention with names withheld because of their ages and local officials have condemned the violence while urging both accountability and expanded youth supports such as mental health and workforce programs.