Cops Break Up Big Crowd Of Disorderly Teens In Essex County (VIDEO)

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Police from several Essex County agencies broke up a large crowd of teens and young adults after fights and “disorderly behavior” were reported in a Maplewood park on Sunday night, reports say.

Police from Maplewood, Union, Irvington, Millburn, Springfield and South Orange – as well as the Essex County Sheriff’s Office – were called to the scene after a crowd of 150 to 200 juveniles and young adults left Maplewood's annual May Festival and started to gather in DeHart Park around 5 p.m., authorities stated.

Officers broke up multiple fights at the scene, Maplewoodian.com reported.

There were no serious injuries reported and only one arrest, a 19-year-old Newark man on a theft-related charge, police told NJ.com.

Maplewoodian.com captured the below video of the incident.

Sunday’s incident comes less than a month after two Essex County teens were arrested and another pair were injured during a huge, rowdy, late-night brouhaha in downtown South Orange that drew as many as 400 youths to the scene, authorities estimated.

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YouTube screenshot via joe strupp / Maplewoodian.com