MARIETTA — In the wake of community concerns over the city’s homeless population, the City Council took action to crack down on disorderly conduct and allow police to charge people for being disruptive, without having committed a more serious crime.
The Marietta City Council voted 6-1, with Councilman Joseph Goldstein opposed, to expand the city’s disorderly conduct ordinance Wednesday evening.
The revised ordinance would not only address issues commonly associated with homelessness, such as aggressive panhandling and camping on private property, but also disruptive protests and disturbances to public meetings…