Police in North Wildwood, New Jersey, are asking the public for help identifying two suspects in an assault that happened on a boardwalk over the weekend.
According to the North Wildwood Police Department, the two were involved in an incident that happened Saturday at 26th Street and Promenade.
Police released still images taken from surveillance camera footage, describing both men as thin, white men, one wearing pink shorts and the other purple shorts.
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North Wildwood police described the first suspect as a thin white male wearing pink shorts, as seen in this still image taken from a surveillance camera. (North Wildwood Police Department)
Anyone with information is asked to call 609-522-2411.
The incident comes as officials on the Jersey Shore grapple with underage drinking and badly behaving youths and lobby state leaders to give police and prosecutors more power to combat quality of life crimes.
Over Memorial Day weekend, authorities in the neighboring city of Wildwood declared a state of emergency, citing “civil disturbance” caused by unruly, unsupervised teenagers.
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The second suspect is also described as a thin white male, wearing a black shirt, sunglasses and purple shorts. (North Wildwood Police Department)
A false report of an active shooter sparked mob violence on the Seaside Heights boardwalk.
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In Ocean City, a beach town known for being alcohol-free and family-friendly, a group of young men and boys beat up a teenager on the boardwalk and someone stabbed a 15-year-old boy.
Sunset over the North Wildwood breakwater, aerial photo. (iStock)
New Jersey Group Beach Town Mayors are hoping the state will back away from recent moves to target bad parenting and reduce sentences for young offenders amid a rise in teenage mobs wreaking havoc in holiday villages.
Some states already have summer curfews for minors and restrictions on vacation rentals where minors cannot be accommodated without an adult.
Authorities have stepped up their crackdown with zero-tolerance policies after similar problems emerged in Miami Beach, Gulf Shores and other southern coastal cities last year.
