"Which would have to wait until tomorrow in any case," Tylmaurek said, "unless you want to be stopped for curfew violation."

In addition, 512 people were arrested, including 47 for curfew violations and 11 for possession of firearms, it said.

Two other parents who obeyed orders to fetch children stopped for curfew violations were not charged.

This was the only part of Megatheopolis where curfew violations were tolerated.

By the time the curfew was finally lifted on May 9, almost 230 people had been arrested, most of them for curfew violations.

More than 600 teen-agers have been cited for curfew violations, he said.

More than 40 people were arrested Monday night for curfew violations.

About 15 others were sentenced to community service for curfew violations, trespassing or public intoxication.

Although no violence occurred on Thursday night, there were about 90 arrests for curfew violations.

The charges against those arrested ranged from curfew violations to narcotics trafficking.