McDonald’s on Mayfield Road decided to close its dining room during afternoons after South Euclid Police responded to chaos in late October.
“Eighteen years, this hasn’t happened. I haven’t investigated this type of call or been dispatched to this type of call in 18 years,” said South Euclid Police Public Information Officer and School Resource Officer Officer Joe Di Lillo,
On Oct. 22, officers found two teenagers hurt inside the restaurant and asked them what happened. Employees recounted a fight that took them from their tasks. During interviews, officers learned that many teenagers left the restaurant, some even causing disturbances in other Mayfield Road businesses.
Now, the dining room at the fast-food restaurant is closed from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. You can still place a mobile order, but you have to be in a car in the drive-thru to pick up the food.
South Euclid Police said it is grateful for its residents who helped identify many of the teenagers involved, “the public did not appreciate this kind of behavior, but they did assist us. The community worked with the police department, not against, and got us the information to attach to this report to go down to juvenile court,” Di Lillo said.