{"id":44024,"date":"2025-07-06T18:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44024\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:41:09","slug":"its-gotten-worse-parents-react-to-large-crowds-law-enforcement-presence-at-orange-park-mall-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s gotten worse:\u2019 Parents react to large crowds, law enforcement presence at Orange Park Mall \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORANGE PARK, Fla. \u2014 Flashing lights and a large law enforcement presence at the Orange Park Mall over the Fourth of July weekend, after the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office warned they were on high alert for a large gathering Saturday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show of force drew immediate response on social media, including parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a generation thing where kids meet up to fight at, but these days it\u2019s gotten worse,\u201d one Orange Park mom named Brittany told Action News Jax Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Action News Jax has extensively covered past incidents at the mall, including a February 2023 disturbance where deputies broke up a crowd of more than 2,000 teens involved in fights and climbing on cars.<\/a><\/p>\n

Action News Jax spoke to one Orange Park mom named Brittany Sunday morning who has a teenage son herself. Brittany said she feels many of the mall\u2019s reputation problems might be solved by parents keeping closer track of their kids\u2019 whereabouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil they can behave and understand what you can and what you cannot do at the mall, I don\u2019t even believe that they should be up here without a parent,\u201d Brittany said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Terri Ellis, whose daughter is all grown now, said she thinks the mall could also benefit from some added security.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s any recreational things that we can get set up for the kids,\u201d Ellis suggested. \u201cMore security will help at the mall, of course. But I\u2019ve never had any problems at the mall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Action News Jax also reached out to the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office for a statement or interview regarding Saturday night\u2019s commotion, but has yet to hear back.<\/p>\n

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