4 teens accused of fighting in restaurant at Mercato in attempted "Teen Takeover"

[00:00:00]GULF COAST NEWS AT 11. NEWS COUNT ON GULF COAST NEWS AT 11 ON NBC. THE NEW TREND NOWADAYS THEY'RE CALLED TEEN TAKEOVERS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE FROM COLLIER COUNTY, WHICH SHOWS HOW IT'S MADE ITS WAY.

[00:00:20]>> TO OUR GULF COAST. WE'RE SHOWING YOU A NUMBER OF THESE AS THEY BECAME MORE POPULAR IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. JUST LOOK AT THIS MASSIVE PRESENCE OF PEOPLE.

[00:00:30]THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR GULF COAST NEWS AT 11 O'CLOCK. I'M ALICE CHOUDARY, GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER KYLE SCHMIDT JOINS US NOW TO WALK US THROUGH THE NEW TREND AND EXPLAIN THE IMPACT. IT'S NOW HAVING HERE AT HOME.

[00:00:44]>> IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO TEEN TAKEOVER NEW VIDEO FROM COLLIER COUNTY SHOWS THE DANGEROUS TREND HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE GULF COAST. IT IS STARVING IDEA FOR NEIGHBORS LIKE BETSY LONGER GET I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S JUST THE NEW PHASE OR IT'S JUST KIND OF RUNNING RAMPANT. MY TAKE ON IS THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. 18 TAKEOVER IS AN ORGANIZED GATHERING THAT DISRUPTS PUBLIC PLACES AND IT IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND FLORIDA. ONE EVENT RECENTLY LED TO A SHOOTING IN CLEARWATER. ANOTHER ONE IN TAMPA BACK IN COLLIER COUNTY.

[00:01:17]A FIGHT IN A PARKING LOT LED TO THE ARREST OF 4 TEAMS ON MAY 29TH THE LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL. BETTER THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE ATTEMPTED TEEN TAKEOVER HAPPENED INSIDE THAT SUPPOSEDLY AT THE MERCATO IN NAPLES. THEY SAY ABOUT 50 PEOPLE WERE IN THE STORE WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED. WAS JUST THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF IT.

[00:01:35]AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ALL THE FOLKS DOWN HERE.

[00:01:39]>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY THE LAST THING THEY WANT TO BE DEALING WITH. FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES UTHMEIER ADDRESS THE ISSUE LAST WEEK ON X STATING WHOEVER IS ORGANIZING THESE TEEN TAKEOVERS. CONGRATS. YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION. WHILE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS TO PREVENT FUTURE TAKEOVERS, NEIGHBORS LIKE SEAN BEHR HOPES IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN HERE. JUST SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF FREE FOR ALL ASPECT TO IT. SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT HAPPENS, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

[00:02:02]>> HOW MUCH IT COULD BE ESCALATED RIGHT INTO SOMETHING MORE SEVERE THAN JUST >> MAYHEM. THE MESSAGE FROM THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF CAUSING A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, TH