Police in New Jersey broke up an engagement party Tuesday afternoon and cited 10 people, including a 99-year-old man, for violating the state’s coronavirus ban on gatherings just hours after the governor vowed to get more aggressive in charging people who ignore the restrictions.

“Responding officers found a group of individuals, including children, on the front lawn and inside the residence,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Police Chief Gregory Meyer said in a joint statement. There were six children present at the Spruce Street home in addition to the 10 adults who were issued summonses when police arrived at 4:30 p.m., they said.

The gathering was in violation of Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order, signed March 21, that bans “gatherings of individuals, whether they be at weddings, parties, celebrations, or other social events,” Billhimer and Meyer said.

The engagement party Tuesday marked the third consecutive day summonses were issued in Lakewood. Police charged two people after 35 men were found Monday at a school for talmudic study, despite a statewide shutdown of public and private schools. A Lakewood couple were charged Sunday with child endangerment after police broke up a 40 to 50 person bar mitzvah, authorities said. Previously, three weddings were interrupted by police.

During a Tuesday afternoon coronavirus briefing, Murphy said the vast majority of people are observing the stay-at-home order to slow the spread of coronavirus, but he expressed frustration that reports of parties have continued to surface.

“We’re not happy,” Murphy said. “I assume there’s some amount of ignorance. The more swift, visible action that is taken… the more quickly we can bring this non-compliant behavior to zero.”

Col. Patrick Callahan, acting superintendent of the State Police, said at the Tuesday afternoon briefing that police would be more aggressive in issuing summons, not just to the owner of the residence or building.

“Everybody at that gathering is now going to be cited,” Callahan said.

The hosts of Tuesday’s gathering, Yaakov Kaufman, 47, and Eti Kaufman, 45, were charged with six counts of child endangerment for each of the six children who were at the gathering, police said. The Kaufmans were also charged with violating the governor’s emergency order.

Police said the following Lakewood residents were also charged with violating the order for attending the party: Joshua Lichtenstein, 54; Brocha Lichtenstein, 22; Tzipora Wolfe, 24; Shmuel Kaufman, 23; Syril Lichtenstein, 54; Samuel Wolfe, 27; Michael Zimmerman, 99; and Ruky Zimmerman, 21.

Despite the pandemic and warnings of social distancing, social gatherings continue to be a problem in Lakewood. Earlier this month, police broke up two weddings as well as celebrations at the Fountain Ballroom on Vassar Avenue and at Lake Terrace on Oak Street.

During a crackdown in Newark, police shut down 15 businesses and issued 161 summonses in a single night Monday.

As of Tuesday evening, Lakewood has 438 cases of coronavirus and Newark has 568 cases. Only Jersey City has more cases at 820.

The state, which is home to 9 million people, on Tuesday reported 18,696 cases of coronavirus and 267 deaths.

Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyAttrino. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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