Police respond to large gathering inside Lakewood restaurant
Police responded to reports of a large gathering inside of a Lakewood restaurant on Sunday night.
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Aug 17, 2020, 9:08 PM
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Updated 1,510 days ago
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Police responded to reports of a large gathering inside of a Lakewood restaurant on Sunday night.
A witness told News 12 New Jersey that he watched hundreds of people go inside of the Estreia restaurant on River Avenue.
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The witness says that Lakewood police sat outside for several hours while the event took place.
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department says that citations were issued for violating the executive order banning large gatherings.
Calls and emails to the Lakewood Police Department for more information were not returned.
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