{"id":8127,"date":"2020-09-15T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=8127"},"modified":"2020-09-15T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:08:41","slug":"police-make-8-arrests-during-nelk-boys-appearance-in-seaside-heights-bottles-and-rocks-thrown-at-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2020\/09\/police-make-8-arrests-during-nelk-boys-appearance-in-seaside-heights-bottles-and-rocks-thrown-at-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Make 8 Arrests During ‘Nelk Boys’ Appearance in Seaside Heights, Bottles and Rocks Thrown at Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

The appearance of a group of Canadian YouTube creators that led to thousands flocking to Seaside Heights \u2013 and a shutdown of the town once the crowd swelled \u2013 led to eight people being arrested for various offenses. But the appearance didn\u2019t begin as an unruly event, for which the Nelk Boys rented the MTV Jersey Shore house at 1209 Boardwalk.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the afternoon hours a small crowd of followers began to gather at the residence, a representative from the Nelk Boys requested from the police department one off-duty police security officer to stand by with the group in addition to their security,\u201d Detective Steve Korman said.<\/p>\n

Over a short period of time, the crowd began to grow into a group of approximately 1,500 people. In addition to this gathering, a statewide New Jersey car club also gathered in the area of Dupont Avenue and Ocean Terrance at approximately 8:30 p.m., identified as the \u201cFull Send NJ\u201d car club, which consisted of approximately 1,000 followers.<\/p>\n

The Nelk Boys group has popularized the phrase \u201cFull Send\u201d as a slogan and uses it on merchandise. They rented the Jersey Shore house to hold a gathering while they counted down to the launch of new clothing that included the phrase.<\/p>\n

At approximately 7:30 pm outside the Jersey Shore house, a male was placed under arrest for a disorderly persons offense where glass bottles and rocks were thrown at officers during and after the arrest, Korman said. It was this point that additional officers from surrounding towns were called in to assist Seaside Heights Police with crowd control, due to both locations in town being overwhelmed with disorderly person offenses.<\/p>\n

Chief Thomas J. Boyd ordered the town to be closed off to non-resident traffic until this incident was brought under control. Police from Toms River, Brick, Lavallette, Bay Head, Mantoloking, Island Heights and Berkeley Township assisted, as well as the Ocean County Sheriff\u2019s Department and agents from the prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Eight people were arrested during the incident:<\/p>\n