Tense confrontation between teens and police leads to 5 arrests

555 Chico Police arrested five teenagers early Friday afternoon after a tense confrontation. Chico Police said around 12:00 p.m. they got a call about a possible assault in the Council Ring area of Bidwell Park. Around the same time police said they also got a welfare check request about a missing teenage girl in the same location. An assault victim could not be found, according to police. However, police said they were able to locate the missing teenager. Chico Police said several other teenagers attempted to interfere and prevent officers from detaining the missing teenager. The crowd of approximately 10 teenagers interfered and exasperated the already tense situation, according to police. Five teenagers were arrested for resisting and delaying a Peace Officer, according to police. Chico Police said this incident follows a string of juvenile related offenses in the last several weeks. The unusually high number of juvenile related offenses are not related to each other, according to police. Chico Police said in the past few weeks, one juvenile was arrested for driving under the influence and a vehicle collision. Three juveniles were arrested for theft charges, according to police. Three juveniles were detained and or arrested for illegal explosive and arson charges, according to police. Three juveniles were detained or arrested for felony level battery, according to police.

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