LAKE COUNTY FESTIVAL

A LAKE COUNTY CHURCH FESTIVAL WAS DISRUPTED OVER THE WEEKEND BY VIOLENCE.
FESTIVALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUN, GREAT FOR FAMILIES, AND WELCOME TO ALL. BUT AT THE ST. GABRIEL PARISH FESTIVAL IN CONCORD TOWNSHIP, THINGS DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. STEVE NEWMAN HAS BEEN GOING TO THE FESTIVAL AT ST. GABRIEL FOR YEARS. HE TOLD US HE SAW GROUPS OF TEENS RUNNING THROUGH THE CROWD. OFFICIALS SAY THEY BROKE UP A NUMBER OF FIGHTS LEADING TO THE ARREST OF FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE. ONE OF WHICH HAD A GUN BUT DIDN'T FIRE. FATHER FRED PAUSCHE OF ST. GABRIEL CHURCH, ISSUED A VIDEO STATEMENT SAYING HE WAS SADDENED BY WHAT HAPPENED.