BAYONNE -- Police confirmed today that events that transpired on Halloween night across the city -- by a group from Jersey City that went to Bayonne looking for trouble -- were more serious than previously reported.

In a call to The Jersey Journal, Bayonne Police Chief Drew Sisk confirmed that dozens of people -- and as many as 100 -- arrived from Jersey City either from Avenue C or via the Light Rail and broke off into groups.

"(They) came into town ostensibly for trick-or-treating, but wound up getting involved in mayhem ... throwing eggs, breaking glass bottles," he said. Members of the group, which calls itself GTTC -- Gettin' to the Chicken, according to a source -- bragged about causing trouble before, during and after their trip to Bayonne.

Sisk confirmed that a window of a vehicle parked uptown was smashed by someone in one of the roving bands.

He also confirmed that a young girl had been punched in the face near 11th Street and Broadway, but he said that the group of kids involved in the assault were believed to be from Bayonne.

Meanwhile, a Hudson County Sheriff's Office police cruiser's window was also smashed by a large rock thrown from someone in a group of 30 to 40 juveniles, a sheriff's office spokesman said, noting the vehicle was on Garfield Avenue in Jerseu City.

"I would say it was like a riot ... absolutely," said Karen Horvat, a resident of 50th Street and Broadway, who later witnessed groups being escorted to city lines by Bayonne police cars. "It was total chaos."

A review of the police scanner transcripts from that night show the events began around 7:30 p.m., when police were sent to the Quick Chek on Broadway in response to "60 to 70 kids" were congregating.

Over the next two hours, police received reports of eggs and bottles being thrown at residents, along with juveniles walking on the hoods of parked cars and in some cases smashing vehicle windows. Videos take by Bayonne residents show some of the teens carrying bats.

The police eventually escorted several dozen kids up Broadway and out of the city. Officers in police cruisers followed slowly behind the group, telling them over the speaker to "keep it moving," Horvat said.

No arrests were made by the police department because the size of the groups made it difficult to tell who may have committed the crimes, officials said.

Facebook posts from Bayonne residents yesterday pointed to individuals bragging on their pages that they were responsible for the commotion in the city.

Managing Editor Ron Zeitlinger contributed to this report.