{"id":4435,"date":"2020-09-15T03:38:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2020-09-15T03:38:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T07:38:43","slug":"thousands-flood-seaside-heights-police-called-after-youtube-stars-nelk-boys-show-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/09\/thousands-flood-seaside-heights-police-called-after-youtube-stars-nelk-boys-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Flood Seaside Heights, Police Called After YouTube Stars &#8216;Nelk Boys&#8217; Show Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFIsbAfjbuS\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<p>Between 1,000 and 2,000 people gathered in Seaside Heights Monday night, blocking streets and crowding in several areas, after the Nelk Boys, a group of Canadian YouTube and social media personalities rented (and were later kicked out of) the boardwalk home made famous by MTV\u2019s \u201cJersey Shore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Videos from numerous social media platforms painted a picture of the chaos. The Nelk Boys generally schedule pranks and events that include large gatherings every Monday. They had also promised to release new merchandise from their online store, which has popularized the \u201cFull Send\u201d slogan at 8:30 p.m. At some point, they were removed from the home, which still retains its signature Italian flag coloring, by Danny Merk, who operates the Shore Store on the other side of the home and manages the property.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFH4YNKjzHi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFH4YNKjzHi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFH4YNKjzHi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by NELK (@nelkboys)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFIx870jtoV\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the night, crowds built around town. By 11 p.m., police were blocking off streets and trying to herd the thousands of people who had gathered back to their vehicles and out of town. At least one car accident was shown to have occurred. There were concerns by some on social media that social distancing and the wearing of face masks did not seem to be occurring. The Nelk Boys have faced similar criticism in other locations where they have shown up for events, pranks or stunts, and have been investigated by authorities in other states.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_8Pl3R\">A mobile command post was set up on Hancock Avenue and police from Toms River as well as the Ocean County Sheriff\u2019s Department had arrived to assist. A particularly large crowd had formed just before 11 p.m. near the Steaks Unlimited restaurant.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some members of the crowd also came driving performance vehicles and were seen spinning tired and doing donuts in some parking lots. Later, residents of Toms River and Brick reported hearing cars racing on the Garden State Parkway, which could be linked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8119\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6461.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8119\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8119\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6461.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)\" width=\"750\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8120\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6463.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8120\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8120\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6463.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)\" width=\"750\" height=\"733\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8121\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6464.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8121\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8121\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6464.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)\" width=\"704\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds in Seaside Heights after the Nelk Boys promoted an appearance online, Sept. 15, 2020. (Supplied Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By 11:30 p.m., most of the crowd had left, though police were still blocking off intersections and guiding traffic through specific pathways in and out of town.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/09\/thousands-flood-seaside-heights-police-called-after-youtube-stars-nelk-boys-show-up\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFIsbAfjbuS\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Between 1,000 and 2,000 people gathered in Seaside Heights Monday night, blocking streets and crowding in several areas, after the Nelk Boys, a group of Canadian YouTube and social media personalities rented (and were later kicked out of) the boardwalk home made famous by MTV\u2019s \u201cJersey Shore.\u201d Videos from numerous social media platforms painted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-police-fire-courts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nelkboys_intro.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}