U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that parents of minors involved in disruptive “teen takeovers” in Washington, D.C., could now face criminal prosecution, dramatically escalating the federal response to a growing public safety issue that has rattled parts of the nation’s capital.
Speaking at a news conference, Pirro said parental accountability
has been absent from discussions surrounding the increasingly chaotic gatherings.
“Parental involvement has been a noted gap in any discussion about teen takeovers,” Pirro said.
“That ends today.”
Pirro said her office would immediately begin aggressively targeting parents whose children violate D.C.’s curfew laws while participating in the gatherings
