The assaults also could be attributed to separated or divorced parents who attend a child’s birthday party, he said. Such was the case in an April 4 incident, when police accused a man of slapping his estranged wife in the head at their child’s party. The violence at Chuck E. Cheese’s isn’t isolated to the Susquehanna Township restaurant. Last month, the Wall Street Journal published an article about a growing number of adult melees at locations in Brookfield, Wisc.; Topeka, Kan.; Toledo, Ohio; and Flint, Mich.
