Bound Brook Teens Shoveling - On Monday, Bound Brook, New Jersey authorities have banned Matt Molinari and Eric Schnepf, both 18, from shoveling their neighbors' driveway during the winter storm On Monday. Before the Bound Brook teens shoveling ban, they were able to distribute flyers throughout the neighbourhood in hopes of making some extra cash.
The Bound Brook teens shoveling ban was reportedly due to New Jersey town's ordinance dealing with door-to-door solicitation.
The two male teens weren't arrested, but a police officer stopped Molinari and Schnepf and told them to go home. According to the local ordinance, one has to apply for a license in order to register as a solicitor. However, a license costs $450 and it must be renewed every six months.
The story of the Bound Brook teens shoveling ban was later shared by a resident on a well-known Bound Brook Facebook group. The resident saw Schnepf being questioned by police after the teen came up to his door, according to USA Today.
"Are you kidding me? Our generation does nothing but complain about his generation being lazy and not working for their money," the resident wrote on Bound Brook NJ Events' page on the Bound Brook teens shoveling ban. "Here's a couple kids who take the time to print up flyers, walk door to door in the snow, and then shovel snow for some spending money. And someone calls the cops and they're told to stop?"
Meanwhile, the FB group's members responded to the Bound Brook teens shoveling ban in support of the teens.
According to Police Chief Michael Jannone, he was especially concerned since the teens were wandering around outside on the streets during a "state of emergency" and at a time when "nobody was supposed to be out on the road."
Jannone said the Bound Brook teens shoveling ban began after a resident called and reported a "suspicious person" with curly blond hair and a hoodie walking through the neighborhood's yards. An officer was dispatched to the street because of the call.
Jannone added that he doesn't have any problem with the Bound Brook teens shoveling and that "the spirit of the ordinance is to protect residents from gypsy activity." Still, he wants the boys to be safe, thus the Bound Brook teens shovelling ban.
Bound Brook is reportedly like several municipalities in the state of New Jersey and in the country where a law against unlicensed solicitors and peddlers is upheld.
WABC reported that the only concern of the officer who responded to the Bound Brook teens shoveling is their safety and not their lack of a license to solicit business.
"We don't make the laws but we have to uphold them," Jannone said on Tuesday after having read some of the supporters' comments online about the Bound Brook teens shoveling incident. "This was a state of emergency. Nobody was supposed to be out on the road."
The Bound Brook teens may be no longer permitted to advertise their shoveling business, however, they are still allowed to work for existing customers, The Inquisitr reported.
According to Molinari, he and Schnepf were confused with the situation, but that they were not angry at the police for having done what they did.
"The cops were nice about it. They weren't jerks. They were trying to make sure everything is OK," said Molinari on Tuesday.
Both teens have already apologized for having violated the city ordinance. They have also agreed to modify their business practices.
Although the Bound Brook teens shoveling incident has occurred, the teens were still able to line up five jobs before police asked them to stop. They have already earned $25 to $40 per house, making around $150. "We don't really bargain," said Schnepf. "We help some people out and get whatever they're willing to pay."
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