Popular beach town cracks down on teens with curfews after fights, underage drinking

A fashionable Jersey Shore formation municipality is pursuing its neighbors’ pb by imposing caller restrictions connected unaccompanied minors amid concerns astir underage drinking, fights and different disruptive behavior.

Cape May’s City Council unanimously approved measures requested by the section constabulary section that barroom anyone nether 18 from the formation aft 8 p.m. unless accompanied by an adult. Unaccompanied minors are besides prohibited from nationalist places betwixt 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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The Cape May Police Department announced that successful summation to the curfews, "backpacks and definite bags/containers are prohibited connected the Cape May beaches and promenade" aft 8:00 p.m., but those containing indispensable aesculapian equipment.

"Several arrests person stemmed from fights and underage drinking," Philadelphia ABC presumption WPVI-TV reported.

Cape May has imposed caller restrictions connected unaccompanied minors amid concerns astir fights and underage drinking. (iStock)

Cape May is simply a historical seaside edifice municipality astatine the confederate extremity of New Jersey, famed for its Victorian architecture. Since 2002, its municipal codification has prohibited minors from nationalist places betwixt midnight and 6 a.m. betwixt May and September (and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. successful the off-season).

Officials said the caller rules are intended successful portion to forestall the large-scale younker gatherings that person disrupted different Jersey Shore communities. The ordinances are designed "to assistance support our beaches, promenade and assemblage safe," they said.

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"We truly wanted to marque definite we didn't go the afterparty to immoderate of the different towns that person already made this move," Cape May Mayor Zachary Mullock told WPVI-TV aft the metropolis enacted the caller ordinances.

"After 10:30, we each cognize it's not usually the champion worldly that happens, past truthful to beryllium honorable arsenic a genitor myself, I deliberation there's a bully thing," Mullock added.

Cape May officials accidental the caller rules are intended to support beaches and nationalist spaces safe. (iStock)

Other Jersey Shore communities, including Ocean City, Wildwood, North Wildwood and Seaside Heights, person adopted akin curfews and restrictions.

In May, the City of Long Branch announced it had restored bid aft an unauthorized pop-up gathering drew respective 100 teenagers and young adults to the beachfront.

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"The lawsuit rapidly deteriorated into fights, individuals jumping connected parked vehicles and upset on the boardwalk and surrounding streets," the metropolis announced successful a property release.

The effect yet progressive 139 officers from Long Branch and assisting agencies, according to the city. Long Branch enacted an exigency 8:00 p.m. curfew, and officers made six arrests successful transportation with the incident.

Officials said families were capable to bask a quieter evening aft the caller rules took effect. (iStock)

"Pop-up gatherings of this quality person repeatedly disrupted Jersey Shore communities, and Long Branch is prepared to enactment decisively whenever nationalist information is threatened," Long Branch concern head and manager of nationalist information Charles Shirley said astatine the time.

Cape May Police Chief Dekon Fashaw stressed that the measures aren't intended to discourage young radical from visiting the edifice town.

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"We aren’t against juveniles," Fashaw said. "We are not saying we don’t privation them here. While they’re here, we conscionable privation them to beryllium responsible."

Mullock said the ordinances appeared to beryllium having an contiguous effect.

Other New Jersey formation towns person enacted curfews pursuing concerns astir ample teen gatherings. Cape May is pictured here. (iStock)

"Frankly, past night, they were retired here, and the study I received is that it worked, and we conscionable had families retired present enjoying a pleasant evening," helium said.

Some visitors are reportedly supportive of the caller measures.

"The happening with Cape May especially, this spot kinda shuts down astatine 10, 10:30. So I mean, radical are going to bed, I benignant of recognize it," Jack McCune, of Yardley, Pa., told WPVI-TV.

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"I deliberation that's smart. That's readying ahead," said John Christiansen from Staten Island, New York. "It's truly conscionable a fewer atrocious kids that origin trouble, truthful erstwhile everyone finds retired what they request to bash past it's good. What happened to crippled night?"

Fox News Digital reached retired to Cape May nationalist officials for comment.