Cops in Jackson bust another overflowing New Jerseys houseparty. This time 700 clog local streets leading to bash at an Airbnb rental. As cops chase them away, latecomers continue to arrive .
JACKSON, NJ — A homeowner and two others are facing charges after a party at an Airbnb rental drew more than 700 people to a home in Jackson on Sunday, shutting down roads as they became jammed with vehicles, police said.
Yaakov Weiss, 40, of Jackson, who owns the home, and Patience Guanue, 23, and Alicia Hinneh, 22, both of Newark, were issued summonses for violating the governor’s executive order limiting gatherings to 500 people or fewer in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Jackson Capt. Steven Laskiewicz said. There were no injuries reported.
Police were called about 8:30 p.m. to a Mill Pond Road home in the Whispering Hill neighborhood, off Leesville Road, and were told by several residents of a large party at a home that was disturbing the neighborhood. Officers contacted Weiss, who told police he had rented out his home on Airbnb for the large party, and that he had left as nearly 200 people arrived.
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Laskiewicz said the crowd grew to more than 700 people with more than 100 vehicles parked in the area, and police started receiving 911 calls from other homeowners in the area reporting disturbances and trespassing.
Law enforcement began sending the partygoers home, but the roads were jammed because people continued to arrive even as police were breaking up the party, he said.Subscribe
It took all of Jackson’s on-duty police officers, along with help from the Freehold, Howell and Lakewood police departments, New Jersey State Police, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, to clear the crowd and direct traffic as people left the area, Laskiewicz said.
