Henderson City Council member Elissa Yount reported at Monday’s Henderson City Council meeting that she had been contacted regarding “large groups” on Coble Boulevard this past weekend that had been “moved off”.
Acting Henderson Police Chief Tony Clark responded that the incident had not been reported to him.
Council member Bobby Gupton, who has brought the problem of unruly youths in the area on behalf of Coble residents to the council’s attention on several occasions also mentioned that no one had said anything to him about such an incident.
Clark was asked by council member Mary Emma Evans if it is a crime for “lots of people to walk the street if they’re not bothering anyone”.
The acting chief replied that it is not, as long as they are not causing a disturbance.
Yount clarified the report she had received, telling members that the group was gathering where the “No Tresspassing” signs are located.
Council member Garry Daeke asked if the lights are still out behind the Marketplace complex, but was told by Gupton that the problem had been corrected.
Council member Ranger Wilkerson expressed a difference of opinion with Evans earlier question to Clark, stating that it only takes “one push, one shove, one loud mouth, and someone’s gonna be dead, just like the car wash”.
Wilkerson’s reference was to the murder of Phillip Jordan at the Auto Brite Car Wash on East Andrews Avenue on August 20.
Henderson Mayor called the incident “discouraging”, saying that there had been significant improvement in the area.
Clark promised the council that he would “look into it”.