UPDATED: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 1:23 p.m.
PEORIA, Ill. — Police are confirming certain details related to a video taped fight between Peoria middle school girls outside a recent basketball game.
It happened late Wednesday — PPD says just before 6 p.m., officers received a call.
According to 25 News, video recordings released from one subject in the scuffle show girls fighting outside and after the final buzzer of a just finished girls basketball game at Lincoln Middle School.
Peoria Police are confirming one person involved in the fight suffered a concussion.
Two juveniles walked away under arrest by PPD officers, but then were later released back into the custody of their parents.
Police confirm one adult woman was arrested and charged, though they do not confirm what those charges may include.
WEEK-TV had reported early Saturday morning about a woman named Angela Warfield, who seemed to identify herself and two of her daughters as being those who were taken into police custody that day.
A release issued by PPD early Saturday said police are continuing their follow up investigation and “more arrests are pending.”
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ORIGINAL STORY:
PEORIA, Ill. — There are many details which remain unconfirmed, but police are reportedly investigating in the wake of another fight at a Peoria Public Schools sanctioned sporting event this week, this time, middle school girls basketball.
25 News is reporting details on this latest case at Lincoln Middle School, where a small group of young people, mostly teenage girls, scuffled outside after a game on Wednesday.
A subject of the incident provided video of what happened, showing girls wrestling to the ground and kicking each other.
Sources say a woman named Angela Warfield and two of her daughters have been arrested and charged.
Peoria Public School teachers have come before the District 150 Board of Education on repeated occasions, complaining about more students dangerously misbehaving toward both teachers and fellow students.
Peoria Police had to make nearly a dozen arrests following a giant mob action fight that followed a Peoria High School football game earlier this fall.
PPS could not confirm other disciplinary actions taken in connection to this latest fight and police say an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
