Long Beach police said today they cracked down on several street takeovers in the city last weekend, and they plan to continue stepped-up efforts to halt such crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough coordinated enforcement efforts, officers made one arrest, cited 11 drivers for vehicle code violations and towed three vehicles over the weekend in response to multiple street takeover incidents,\u201d according to a statement issued by the Long Beach Police Department Friday.<\/p>\n
Police said there were multiple illegal street takeovers Long Beach and elsewhere between March 20 and 23, \u201cposing significant safety risks and disrupting the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs part of a coordinated enforcement effort, officers responded swiftly, taking enforcement action where appropriate and dispersing the groups,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n
One suspect, Kristopher Scott Molick, was booked on suspicion of being a pedestrian failing to yield the right of way to traffic, obstructing a peace officer, illegal possession of fireworks without a permit and having an unregistered vehicle. He was released on his own recognizance, according to the\u00a0 LBPD, whose officers also cited 11 others for vehicle code violations and towed three vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe blatant disregard of vehicle code laws and road safety is unacceptable and can lead to catastrophic traffic collisions,\u201d Police Chief Wally Hebeish said in a statement. \u201cAs we work together to improve traffic safety, I want to make clear that the Long Beach Police Department will not tolerate illegal motor vehicle exhibitions. 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach police said today they cracked down on several street takeovers in the city last weekend, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-239909","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\/239909","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=239909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}