Shoppers brave Cherry Hill Mall for last-minute holiday shopping, memories
The holiday rush was on Sunday night as shoppers scrambled to get their last-minute holiday gifts inside the Cherry Hill Mall.
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The holiday rush was on Sunday night as shoppers scrambled to get their last-minute holiday gifts inside the Cherry Hill Mall.
Shoppers packed the Cherry Hill Mall Sunday night in hopes of wrapping up their Christmas shopping, making new holiday memories and visiting Santa Claus before the big day.
If your kids want to hang out at the Cherry Hill Mall on Saturday nights, an adult will need to be with them. The mall has implemented a parental supervision policy to provide what they are calling a safe and family-friendly shopping environment.
Cherry Hill Mall is implementing a policy that would require minors to be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is 21 or older.
If your kids want to hang out at the Cherry Hill Mall late on Saturday afternoons, you'll need to be with them. The rule which took effect on April 5, requires minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is 21 or older.
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As the wait continues for reopening, the mall is offering curbside pickups.
In 2017, police say somewhere between 700 and 1,000 unsupervised children and teens were at the mall and it turned into a dangerous mob.
They're hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened on the day after Christmas last year when nearly 1,000 teens swarmed the mall, frightening shoppers and mall employees.
It happened in the mall's parking lot on Thursday, around 1:30 p.m.
Cherry Hill police say officers responded to the mall around 7:30 p.m. for a report of a large group of juveniles acting disorderly near the J.C. Penney wing.
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