OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Big changes are coming to Ocean City, following a Memorial Day weekend of chaos from unruly teenagers.
City leaders are trying to make sure trouble doesn’t continue into the summer with a new curfew, among other proposals.Ocean City officials described a wild, raucous Memorial Day weekend where police and EMS fielded nearly 1,000 calls, many surrounding unruly teens."The sheer number of individuals was alarming," stated Ocean City Police Chief, Jay Prettyman. "We had an increase in fights.
We had eight juveniles that were unconscious due to alcohol that we had to take to the hospital. We had weapons offenses.""You can’t even move on the boardwalk near 12th Street.
There is just like a pile of them, everywhere. Everywhere," Cassie Mills described the large groups of teens.The chaos forced city leaders to announce big changes to keep peace this summer, beginning with an 11 p.m.