Overview
- Jeanine Pirro said Friday her office will use D.C. Code 22-811 to prosecute parents of teens who join large crowd actions known as “teen takeovers.”
- Parents found responsible could face fines, court-ordered classes, or up to six months in jail under the contributing-to-delinquency statute.
- Pirro noted her office cannot bring curfew cases against minors, which go to the D.C. attorney general, but said that limit does not block charges against adults.
- In Chicago, police and schools warned of takeovers planned at North Avenue Beach and said they set perimeters, will check coolers, and added extra staff with outreach to families.
- D.C. officials previously tried emergency curfews in April, the council voted May 5 for a permanent youth curfew that still awaits final approval, and the White House task force casts the prosecutions as part of a broader enforcement drive.