Ocean City Closing Beaches Early After Unruly Weekend With Drunken Teenagers
Ocean City is setting a new curfew on beach and boardwalk access in the wake of a disruptive Memorial Day weekend involving drunken teenagers, officials said.
Last weekend, Ocean City police responded to 999 incidents — up from 869 during the three-day holiday weekend last year, Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian said in a press statement.
In addition to underage drinking, police responded to vandalism, assaults, shoplifting, confiscation of a firearm, and a variety of other infractions, he said.
The new beach curfew will apply to people of all ages, as will an evening backpack ban, the may…
