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WEBVTT 'S MOST BELOVED PLACES TO THROW A BIRTHDAY PARTY. TONIGHT, 12 NEWS' COLLEEN HENRY INVESTIGATES TROUBLE AT THE FAMILY-FUN VENUES. >> LOCAL OFFICIALS CRACKED DOWN ON CHUCK E CHEESE NEARLY A DECADE AGO YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS. THE THREE MILWAUKEE-AREA RESTAURANTS STOPPED SERVING ALCOHOL TO TRY TO STOP THE MAYHEM BUT 12 NEWS HAS , DISCOVERED THE RESTAURANTS CONTINUE TO COURT CHAOS. A QUICK YOUTUBE SEARCH PACKS DOZENS OF PUNCHES GROWNUPS GONE , WILD AT CHUCK E CHEESE LOCATIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> IT IS JUST TERRIBLE. >> LAST FALL, ACACSHA JACKSON WENT TO THE WEST ALLIS CHUCK E CHEESE TO CELEBRATE HER SON'S FIRST BIRTHDAY. I WALK HIM AROUND, PUT HIM STAGE, LET CHUCK E SEE HIM. >> SHE SOON FOUND HERSELF IN THE CENTER OF A CHUCK E CHEESE SMACKED DOWN. THE BABY'S FATHER'S ESTRANGED FAMILY WAS AT THE PARTY TOO. HIS OLDER SISTER HIT ME IN THE FACE. >> JACKSON WAS PREGNANT AND DECIDED TO GET HER KIDS OUT OF THERE. TWO OF HIS SISTERS GRAB MY BABY. POLICE ARRESTED TWO WOMEN FOR ASSAULTING JACKSON. NINE YEARS AGO, THE COMPANY GAVE UP LIQUOR LICENSES AT ITS MILWAUKEE-AREA RESTAURAN BECAUSE OF SUCH CRIME ISSUES, BUT WAS THE BOOZE BEHIND THE BAD BEHAVIOR? 12 NEWS SPENT WEEKS COMBING THROUGH POLICE CALLS SINCE 2014 TO THE CHUCK E CHEESE RESTAURANTS IN WEST ALLI BROOKFIELD, AND MILWAUKEE HUNDREDS OF PAGES DETAILING , FIGHTS, THEFTS, BATTERY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND CHILD NEGLECT. WEST ALLIS HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND, AN IMPAIRED PARENT WITH A CARFUL OF KIDS REPEATED CAR BREAK-INS OUTSIDE, AND PURSE AND PHONE THEFTS INSIDE. BROOKFIELD, A BRAWL WHERE SUSPECTS TOSSED PEPPER SHAKERS, BACON, AND RACIAL SLURS. AND A FATHER CHARGED WITH FELONIES FOR ATTACKING HIS KIDS. AND IN MILWAUKEE, ONE FIGHT INVOLVED AS MANY AS 50 PEOPLE SOME REPORTED TO HAVE GUNS. , CHUCK E CHEESE ARMS ITS SECURITY GUARDS WITH GUNS AND PEPPER SPRAY, AND POLICE REPORTS INDICATE INNOCENT PATRONS HAVE BEEN MACED, INCLUDING A PREGNANT WOMAN, CHILDREN, AND A BABY. 12 NEWS WENT TO CHUCK E CHEESE FOR COMMENT. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YOU THINK THINGS HAVE IMPROVED IN RECENT YEARS? >> I CAN'T COMMENT. YOU UP TO CALL OUR CORPORATE OFFICE. >> CHUCK E CHEESE HAS HISTORICALLY SEEMED TO HAVE MORE HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS THAN SOME OTHER PLACES. I DON'T KNOW WHY. >> WEST ALLIS' MAYOR SAYS IF TROUBLE CONTINUES IN HIS CITY CHUCK E CHEESE COULD FACE LICENSING ACTION. ,IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT WEST ALLIS IS WATCHING CHUCK E CHEESE? >> I THINK THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT. THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. >> 12 NEWS TOOK THE POLICE REPORTS TO MILWAUKEE ALDERMAN TONY ZIELINSKI A DECADE AGO, HE SPEARHEADED THE MOVE TO GET BOOZE OUT OF THE CHILDREN'S VENUE. >> FIGHTS, PEOPLE BRAWLING, 50 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A FIGHT, ALL THIS TYPE OF STUFF IS NEW TO ME AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A LENGTHY , DISCUSSION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHY THIS WASN'T BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. >> 12 NEWS HAS LEARNED ALDERMAN ZEILINSKI ALSO PLANS TO CALL CHUCK E CHEESE IN FRONT OF THE LICENSING COMMITTEE AT RENEWAL TIME WHEN IT COULD FACE , DISCIPLINARY ACTION. KATHY: YOU DID GET THROUGH TO THE COMPANY. >> CHUCK E CHEESE WOULDN'T COMMENT ON CAMERA BUT SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT MAINTAINING A WHOLESOME, SAFE EXPERIENCE IS OF

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Gun-toting security guards wielding mace to manage the unruly sounds like something at a detention center, but it’s happening at some of the Milwaukee area’s most beloved birthday venues. Local officials cracked down on Chuck E. Cheese nearly a decade ago, forcing the restaurants to stop serving alcohol in an attempt to stop the mayhem, but WISN 12 News has discovered the restaurants continue to court chaos. A quick YouTube search shows grownups gone wild at Chuck E. Cheese locations all across the country. Last fall, Acacsha Jackson went to the West Allis Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate her son’s first birthday. "I walk him around, put him on stage, let Chuck E. see him," Jackson said. She soon found herself in the center of a Chuck E. Cheese smackdown. The baby’s father’s estranged family was at the party, too. "His older sister hit me in the face," she said. Jackson was pregnant and decided to get her kids out of there. "Two of his sisters grabbed my baby." She said each was pulling on one of the baby’s arms. Police arrested two women for assaulting Jackson. Nine years ago, the company gave up liquor licenses at its Milwaukee-area restaurants because of such crime issues. But was the booze behind the bad behavior? WISN 12 News spent weeks combing through police calls since 2014 to the Chuck E. Cheese restaurants in West Allis, Brookfield and Milwaukee. Hundreds of pages detail fights, thefts, battery, domestic violence, disorderly conduct and child neglect. West Allis highlights include children left behind, an impaired parent with a car full of kids, repeated car break-ins outside and purse and phone thefts inside. In Brookfield, there was a brawl where suspects tossed pepper shakers, bacon and racial slurs, and a father charged with felonies for attacking his kids. And in Milwaukee, one fight involved as many as 50 people, some reported to have guns. Chuck E. Cheese arms its security guards with guns and pepper spray, and police reports indicate innocent patrons have been maced, including a pregnant woman, children, and a baby. "Chuck E. Cheese has historically seemed to have more high-profile incidents than some other places. I don’t know why," West Allis Mayor Dan Devine said. Devine said if trouble continues at the West Allis Chuck E. Cheese, it could face licensing action, and he said it was a "fair statement" to say that municipal officials were keeping an eye on the establishment. "This type of behavior is unacceptable, and it will not be tolerated," said Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski, who a decade ago spearheaded the move to get booze out of the children’s venue. "Fights, people brawling, people involved in a fight, all this type of stuff is new to me," he said. "I’m going to have a lengthy discussion with the police department as to why this wasn’t brought to my attention." WISN 12 News has learned Zielinski also plans to call Chuck E. Cheese in front of the licensing committee at renewal time, when it could face disciplinary action. No one from Chuck E. Cheese would talk to WISN 12 News, but a spokeswoman shared this statement: “We take great measures to protect the experience children and families have in all of our restaurants. Many of the measures we have in place -- such as our Kid Check program, employment of security guards, active security camera systems and additional safety precautions -- are transparent to our guests to encourage an environment where a kid can be a kid. Maintaining a wholesome, safe experience that sets a standard across our more than 590 locations is of utmost importance to us, and we will never stop working to improve how we operate our business.”