Trick-or-Treat…only if you’re under 13!

“My, you kids look soooo scary…wait, how old are you?”  Most people believe once you get into junior high, you should hang up the candy bag.  Definitely by high school.  One town in Virginia is not just saying that, they are enforcing it.  According to hrscene.com, in the City of Chesapeake, trick or treat hours are from 6-8 p.m. on October 31 for children 12 and under.

City Code 46-8 says the following:

(a) If any person over the age of 12 years shall engage in the activity commonly known as “trick or treat” or any other activity of similar character or nature under any name whatsoever, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 or by confinement in jail for not more than six months or both.

(b) If any person shall engage in the activity commonly known as “trick or treat” or any other activity of similar character or nature under any name whatsoever after 8:00 p.m., he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00 or by confinement in jail for not more than 30 days or both.

$100 AND 6 months in jail?!  “What’d you do to end up in here?”  “Robbery…you?”  “I trick or treated at 8:30p when I was 14…yeah, I’m real hardcore.”