Around 12:24 AM on June 22, 2025, Officer Anthony Bongiorno with the Sea Isle City Police Department a female with an open container of Surfside Pink Lemonade in the vicinity of 40th Street and Landis Avenue. He initiated contact with her and asked for her identification so that he could issue a ticket. The female claimed that she did not have her identification with her, so he asked her for her name and date of birth. He told her that she would just be issued a citation for having an open container (Ordinance 3-6.8) and be on her way. She claimed that her name was Megan Lupo, and that her date of birth was May 22, 2001. Officer Shukovsky confirmed this information with the female before running it through County Dispatch. He was eventually advised by Dispatch that they were unable to find anyone by the name of Megan Lupo who was born on May 22, 2001. At this time, she began to offer conflicting information by stating that she was actually 18, before later saying that she was 20. At this time, she was placed under arrest on charges of hindering (2C:29-3A(7)) and placed in handcuffs. She was transported by Officer Markley to the Sea Isle City Police Department for further processing. At the station, she was photographed and correctly identified as 20-year-old Emily Cadence Lupo. She was issued a summonses for having an open container (Ordinance 6-6.8) and hindering (2C:29-3A(7)) before being released pending her court appearance. Court records indicate that on August 14, 2025, Emily pleaded guilty to having an open container, while her hindering charge was downgraded to disorderly conduct (Ordinance 3-6.2). As a result of her convictions, Emily had to pay a total of $1,066 in fines. ---------------------------------------------- Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and consider supporting this channel (email us for more information). Our content is shared for educational and news gathering purposes. We are in compliance with YouTube's Fair Use Policy because we edit several long clips into a concise story. This is similar to other law enforcement channels on YouTube. All videos and case documents were obtained pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (P.L. 2001, c. 404). Defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. The New Jersey Supreme Court has previously affirmed in Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group, 993 A.2d 778 (2010) that “The fair-report privilege reflects the judgment that the need, in a self-governing society, for free-flowing information about matters of public interest outweighs concerns over the uncompensated injury to a person's reputation.” This video advances a compelling public interest. The summary of events was based on records that are “open to public view through open access to public records” as defined in the Salzano case. In Ramos v. Flowers, 429 N.J. Super. 13, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court has also affirmed the right to film law enforcement interactions.

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