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Seaside Heights Deploys FBI, SWAT for Memorial Day Weekend

5/22/2026

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Seaside Heights will deploy FBI agents, SWAT teams and mounted troopers for Memorial Day weekend.
Mayor Tommy Vaz announced the deployment after last year’s boardwalk violence that produced over 70 arrests.
The 2023 incidents included 21 minors arrested and three stabbings that temporarily shut the boardwalk.
Governor Phil Murphy’s law lets parents face up to six months jail and $1,000 fines and imposes a 10 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied minors.

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Seaside Heights will deploy FBI agents, SWAT teams and mounted troopers for Memorial Day weekend.
Mayor Tommy Vaz announced the deployment after last year’s boardwalk violence that produced over 70 arrests.
The 2023 incidents included 21 minors arrested and three stabbings that temporarily shut the boardwalk.
Governor Phil Murphy’s law lets parents face up to six months jail and $1,000 fines and imposes a 10 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied minors.