DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A police chief is sounding an alert about teen girls terrorizing Central Florida, warning that your neighborhood could be next.

Girls as young as 14 are taking part in beatings, burglaries and gang initiations, Daytona Beach police said.

Police said that these girls will, if they are not already, carry weapons like knives and box cutters, even guns. And they will bring them to schools to hurt other girls, police said.

Herbert Pinckney said police got it wrong when they accused his 18-year-old daughter Brittany of being in an all-girl gang. She lives with him at a Daytona Beach home. He did not want her to appear on television.

"Did they say anything about a gang? No, my daughter's not in a gang, dude!" Pinckney said.

Pinckney denied she was part of gang even after being read part of a police report from her arrest at a bar. Police said she went after and beat up a male gang member and bragged about the gang she is a part of. Police did not want to publicize the name of the gang on TV because gangs seek notoriety.

"She's too good of a girl to be part of a gang," Pinckney said.

Still, Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said Pinckney's daughter is one of at least a dozen teenage girls who live in Cedar Highlands who terrorize other teens for no reason, even attacking them on the sidewalk and beating them to a pulp.

Chitwood said parents are scared about their children going back to school because they fear the violence will carry over there.

"I hope it's not carrying over, but I'm afraid it will be an interesting school year," Chitwood said. "I'm afraid it may be."

Chitwood fears the girl gang will grow just like male gangs have all over Central Florida. He said parents and schools should be vigilant and talk to teens about gangs and violence.

"To put your head in the sand, to say, 'It's not here, not in my school' -- you can't do that, you need to be vigilant," Chitwood said. "You need to take a look at what's going on, you need to talk to your kids. Parents and teachers need to be on the same page and know what is going on."

Police said they were so concerned about girl gangs that they have already warned school leaders about it all over the county. They warn that people should be on the lookout for gang activity, including symbols and colors.