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"Out of control" teens have turned community events into battlegrounds in one New Jersey town, prompting a new law that could send parents to jail for their children’s misbehavior.

"More and more, our officers are running into disrespectful, out-of-control behavior by juveniles…" said David Harkins, chief of the Gloucester Township Police Department.

"This ordinance is just another way of us trying to change the course and make parents responsible or at least know where their children are and what they’re up to."

PARENTS COULD FACE JAIL TIME UNDER NEW JERSEY TOWN'S ORDINANCE TARGETING CHILDREN'S UNRULY BEHAVIOR

According to the Township of Gloucester Minors and Parents Responsibility Ordinance, if a child is repeatedly f

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