Rowdy teen takeover hits popular beach hot spot with wave of arrests, assaults, emergency curfew: video

New Jersey officials made a half-dozen arrests aft a swarm of youngsters descended connected a quaint enactment municipality successful the latest viral teen takeover plaguing section communities crossed the country. 

The incidental unfolded Tuesday night, erstwhile Long Branch constabulary were called to Pier Village – a sprawling oceanfront assemblage clad with rental units and hotels – regarding reports of a monolithic radical of teenagers inciting brawls, jumping connected cars and contributing to "disorder" crossed the boardwalk, according to NJ.com.

Bystander footage shows a enactment of constabulary officers carrying riot shields and corralling the teens successful the street, arsenic assorted different ample groups tin beryllium seen weaving betwixt cars arsenic they are escorted retired of the area.

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Six radical were arrested during a teen takeover lawsuit successful Long Branch, N.J., connected May 19, 2026. (@bucketlist_brittbritt/Instagram)

Five radical – a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old woman, and 3 teenagers nether 18 – were reportedly arrested connected disorderly behaviour charges. A sixth teen was besides taken into custody for allegedly eluding police.

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Additional arrests are expected owed to reports of 2 abstracted aggravated assaults – 1 connected the archetypal artifact of Centennial Drive and a 2nd astatine the section bid presumption – stemming from the incident, NJ.com reported. Police are besides investigating a suspected conveyance theft successful the area. 

Nearly 140 instrumentality enforcement officers were dispatched to a teen takeover lawsuit successful Long Branch, N.J., connected May 19, 2026. (@bucketlist_brittbritt/Instagram)

"The City of Long Branch takes these events earnestly and volition not tolerate behaviour that endangers residents, visitors, concern owners, oregon our nationalist information personnel," Public Safety Director Charles Shirley Jr. said successful a statement, according to the outlet.

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"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," helium added.

The incidental forced metropolis officials to instrumentality an exigency 8 p.m. curfew, with instrumentality enforcement officers clearing the streets by 9:15 p.m., according to NJ.com.

Authorities from aggregate section agencies made astir six arrests during a viral teen takeover successful Long Branch, N.J., connected May 19, 2026. (@bucketlist_brittbritt/Instagram)

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Authorities reportedly said 69 officers with the Long Branch Police Department were deployed to the scene, on with 70 further officers from much than a twelve neighboring agencies. 

"It’s heartbreaking and it’s frustrating," adjacent nonmigratory Jason DeSantis told NJ.com. "You conscionable heard the sirens, 5:30, 6 o’clock, conscionable continually much and much and much radical coming in."

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DeSantis reportedly added that the section Starbucks looked arsenic though "a weaponry went off" and the town’s beaches were "disgusting" aft the youngsters dispersed. 

"It was each implicit societal media — elder skip time successful Long Branch," DeSantis said. "They knew astir this, you knew it was coming. I conscionable privation the politician would person been connected apical of it."

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The chaos comes arsenic communities up and down the Jersey Shore are bracing for Memorial Day weekend, with officials successful adjacent Seaside Heights calling successful national authorities to hole for the onslaught of crowds. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Long Branch Police Department for comment.