DC imposes five-night curfew for minors amid teen disorder

Mayor Muriel Bowser imposed a five-night citywide curfew for all residents under 18 on Saturday after a large, disorderly Halloween gathering of teenagers in the Navy Yard neighborhood and several weeks of similar incidents across Washington, D.C. The emergency order requires minors to remain off public streets and out of establishments from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night through Wednesday, authorities said.

Bowser said the measure was prompted by repeated episodes of juvenile behavior that endangered participants and the public. "This is in response to several weeks of disorderly juvenile behavior which endangered both themselves and others," she wrote in announcing the order. The mayor's emergency declaration also authorizes Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith to designate special juvenile curfew zones where restrictions may begin as early as 6 p.m. and to establish temporary curfews when large groups of youths create safety risks.

Police identified multiple areas as special juvenile curfew zones, including Navy Yard, the U Street corridor, Banneker Recreation Center and Union Station. Officials said several hundred young people gathered near the Navy Yard Metro...