An unlikely figure became a victim during one of several teen takeovers this past weekend in Chicago.
His name is “Truffles,” and he has been the mascot at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory stores for more than 40 years.
One might say he’s irresistible.
That certainly appeared to be the case on Friday night, at the brand new State and Madison chocolate store location, when a group of teens ran off with the bear during a teen takeover in the Loop.
“A couple guys jumped in, saw them outside, grabbed our bear, ‘Truffles,’ and took him for a ride,” said Tyson Minnick, the owner of the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store.
That ride took Truffles on the CTA Red Line.
Chicago police said his alleged captors, a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old old, were arrested for felony theft and cited for trespassing – for riding the CTA without paying.
After being recovered by Chicago police, video showed “Truffles” taking up the entire front seat of a squad vehicle.
“It was alarming not gonna lie, to have a couple people jump in,” Minnick said. “Five to six customers in the store.”
“Truffles” was gone less than an hour, and he likely won’t be going anywhere soon.
“He is strapped down,” Minnick said. “Now if they take ‘Truffles,’ they’ll have to take the chair.”
The owner said on Monday, a dozen people stopped by just to take a picture of the bear following his wild ride.
“Talk about a silver lining,” NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez said.
“For sure, we made lemonade out of lemons,” Minnick said.
The incident happened just hours before a separate “teen takeover” in the South Loop. Video posted on the Citizen app showed a group of teens, with cars whizzing dangerously close to pedestrians.
Around a week earlier, a teen takeover in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood resulted in one arrest, several citations issued by police and more than a dozen cars left with significant damage.
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