By Sara Beth Williams– — Three adults and four juveniles were detained by Citrus Heights Police after midnight Wednesday morning in connection with a large group of teens and young adults who were attempting to break into the old Elephant Bar building.
Police received a report of several juveniles attempting to break into Elephant Bar and arrived after midnight on Nov. 11 to find several attempting to scale the building and some on the roof of the vacant restaurant building. As officers arrived, most of the suspects fled the scene on foot, according to police radio traffic. Several were then detained by officers. Citrus Heights Police did not disclose how many suspects were still outstanding.
Citrus Heights Police Sgt. Eric Dias says the teens were attempting to do a ‘TikTok challenge’, in which individuals are responding to other videos of breaking into abandoned Elephant Bar buildings…