LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 Three cars were towed, 11 drivers were cited, and one arrest was made between March 20-23 due to street takeover events, Long Beach Police say.<\/p>\n
“There were multiple illegal street takeover incidents in the City of Long Beach and throughout the region, posing significant safety risks and disrupting the community,” a police spokesperson said. “As part of a coordinated enforcement effort, officers responded swiftly, taking enforcement action.”<\/p>\n
The arrested person was identified as Kristopher Scott Molick, who was booked for pedestrian failing to yield the right of way to traffic, obstructing a peace officer, illegal possession of fireworks without a permit, and an unregistered vehicle.<\/p>\n
He was released on his own recognizance, according to the LBPD.<\/p>\n
The 11 citations issued were for vehicle code violations, police said.<\/p>\n
“I want to make clear that the Long Beach Police Department will not tolerate illegal motor vehicle exhibitions,” LBPD Chief Wally Hebeish said. “We will continue to cite, arrest, and\/or seize the vehicles of those who choose to participate in these gatherings and associated crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Illegal street takeovers and suspicious activity can be reported by calling 9-1-1 if it’s an emergency, or by calling (562) 435-6711 for non-emergency police dispatch.<\/p>\n
Also, anonymous tips can be submitted through “LA Crime Stoppers” by calling 800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the “P3 Tips” app to your smartphone (available at the Apple app store or Google Play), or at www.LACrimeStoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 Three cars were towed, 11 drivers were cited, and one arrest was made between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-239875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}