NJ Cracks Down on Unruly Teens Disrupting Shore Vacations

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New Jersey beach town mayors are urging the state to reconsider lenient penalties for juvenile offenders amid a surge of unsupervised teens causing chaos in vacation spots. Incidents include a false active shooter alarm in Seaside Heights, a stabbing in Ocean City, and a state of emergency in Wildwood. Mayors are calling for stricter laws and better parenting to curb the disorder, as local police struggle with limited resources and a lack of respect from the youth.
- NJ police eye absent parents after young mobs upend family-friendly vacation hot spots Fox News
- Jersey Shore official says unruly teens won't be allowed to 'steal summer' The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Gov. Murphy: 'The shore did not have a chaotic weekend' despite Ocean City, Wildwood incidents Press of Atlantic City
- Cape May County prosecutor warns of arrests, charges after chaotic holiday weekend at Jersey Shore WPVI-TV
- N.J. Officials Briefly Close Popular Boardwalk, Citing 'Civil Unrest' The New York Times
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