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Published May 27, 2024 at 3:17 pm ET
The New Jersey beach town of Wildwood closed its popular boardwalk for a few hours early Sunday after hordes of “unruly and unruly” teenagers descended on the promenade, local officials said.
Police closed the boardwalk to the public shortly after midnight after receiving an “overwhelming number” of complaints about an “extremely large number of young adults and youth” visiting the boardwalk over the Memorial Day weekend. , according to a statement from the authorities.
City officials did not mention a specific incident that led them to close the boardwalk, but stated that police were addressing “civil unrest.” Conditions “began to deteriorate despite the presence and efforts of local police officers and multiple police mutual aid agencies,” the statement added.
Police closed the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey, early Monday morning, citing “civil unrest.” Alamy Stock Photo
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano, Jr. said the city had declared a “state of emergency.” – allowing him to send an abnormally large police presence to the area – and blamed the situation on “rebellious” teenagers.
“Wildwood will not tolerate unruly, undisciplined, parentless children nor will we stand by while state laws tie the hands of police,” Troiano, Jr. said in a news release.
“We wholeheartedly support the City of Wildwood Police Department in protecting this community from these nuisance crowds on our boardwalk and in the city,” the mayor added.
The boardwalk reopened to the public shortly after 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. Keynote USA
Local police officers were so busy responding to “disturbances” on the boardwalk that “we were unable to respond to certain calls for service within the city for a period of time,” Wildwood city officials said in the statement.
Police reopened the boardwalk around 5:30 a.m., removing police tape that had been placed at the boardwalk entrances, according to a report from Keynote USA10 Philadelphia.
A storm that broke out overnight also helped disperse remaining crowds, video from the scene shows.
Local officials on Monday afternoon released an explanation for their decision to declare a “state of emergency.” wild wood city
Local authorities said they would give “no further statements or interviews” explaining why they declared a state of emergency “in honor of the solemnity” of the Memorial Day holiday.
The boardwalk closure comes a day after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed on the boardwalk in nearby Ocean City on Saturday night, causing crowds of beachgoers to flee the area in terror.
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