Nine beachgoers were arrested after a disturbance at Second Beach in Middletown Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

Officers were called to the beach after receiving reports of a gathering of approximately 1,200 high schoolers near the main pavilion.

Police said the officers immediately began monitoring the crowd’s behavior and wound up arresting a young man who began “acting disorderly” toward others.

That’s when another young man began assaulting the officers, “causing the crowd to become increasingly disorderly and aggressive,” according to police.

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