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Blue Hen Mall controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1992

    Parking-lot sexual assault

    Police reported that a woman was forcibly taken from the Roses parking lot and sexually assaulted after being held by multiple men.

  2. 1989

    Assault in Woolworth restaurant restroom

    A woman was assaulted, beaten, and robbed by a man hiding in a public restroom at the Woolworth restaurant. The perpetrator was arrested and convicted. A civil action against Woolworth, the mall, and its security company was settled out of court in 1995.

  3. 1980

    Sexual assault and civil claim

    A woman was attacked and abducted while leaving the mall. The assailants were later convicted and imprisoned. The victim subsequently sued mall-related owners, managers, theater interests, and a security company, alleging that suspicious conduct had not been adequately addressed.