What started as a Saturday night Teen Spring Jam at King Greenleaf Recreation Center in Southwest D.C. ended with eight young people facing charges after police moved in on what authorities described as disorderly groups outside the event. Officers made the arrests between about 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., and several of the teens are accused of affray, with a few also charged with assaulting officers and resisting arrest.
DPR teen nights, turnout and the scene
Arrests and charges
Police told WUSA9 that at least eight juveniles were taken into custody in the roughly 90-minute window. According to officials, the group included a 14-year-old boy charged with affray, assault on a police officer and resisting arrest, as well as a 15-year-old boy charged with assault on a police officer. Several girls, with ages reported as young as 12 and as old as 17, were cited on affray-related counts, police told the station.
Curfew, takeovers and the policy backdrop
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