OCEAN CITY, NJ – After a wild weekend at the Jersey Shore, one local mayor affected by the mayhem has had enough.
Ocean City Mayor Jay Jillian is dealing with recovering his shore town after a weekend full of fights, disorderly conduct, arrests, shoplifting, and the stabbing of a teen on his boardwalk.
“As in recent years and in other shore towns, Ocean City experienced a number of issues related to large crowds of teens on the Boardwalk, fights, shoplifting, and disorderly conduct during the start of Memorial Day Weekend,” Jillian said. “I understand the impact that this behavior has on all of our residents, guests and business owners, and I want to assure everybody that Ocean City will not tolerate it.”
Scenes of teens running, fighting with police, fighting with each other, and causing a disturbance flooded social media this week, leaving many families second-guessing their Jersey Shore vacations.
Jillian says he and city officials are working closely with the police and will not tolerate future disturbances.
“Our officers made multiple arrests last night and were able to quickly restore order to the Boardwalk once the teens involved in these incidents were removed. We have a highly qualified team of officers on the boardwalk and throughout town, and they will enforce all laws to the fullest,” he added. “Ocean City will always be welcoming to all guests, but I want to send a clear message to parents and to teens: “If you don’t want to behave, don’t come.”