Crime & Safety

Dozens Arrested During Valley Street Takeovers

Police arrested dozens and impounded several vehicles during illegal street takeovers around the San Fernando Valley.

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Though police were light on details, videos shared with the media showed vehicles speeding dangerously close to spectators.
Though police were light on details, videos shared with the media showed vehicles speeding dangerously close to spectators. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

LOS ANGELES — Officers arrested nearly three dozen people at multiple street takeovers around the San Fernando Valley, according to a broadcast news report Saturday.

Officers Friday night arrested and released around 30 spectator who lined seven intersections, four people accused of reckless driving and one person was arrested for having a gun, according to ABC7. Twelve vehicles were impounded.

Video showed a dark pickup truck and a silver sedan speeding around intersections dangerously close to spectators.

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Details were not available from the Los Angeles Police Department Media Relations Unit, Officer Drake Madison told City News Service.

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