{"id":392802,"date":"2026-07-10T01:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392802\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T01:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:27:07","slug":"huntington-beach-police-issue-warning-over-newport-beach-style-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392802\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntington Beach police issue warning over Newport Beach-style takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Huntington Beach police are warning online organizers and promoters attempting an <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DalcGrZIDLf\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cEnd of Summer Beach Bash\u201d<\/a> party or \u201ctakeover,\u201d \u00e0 la Newport Beach\u2019s wild Fourth of July, that they will be prosecuted for any criminality.<\/p>\n<p>The department said <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DalcGrZIDLf\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a Tuesday afternoon Instagram post<\/a> that it\u2019s aware of social media posts promoting such an event, though it didn\u2019t provide details such as specific times or locales. The department also did not identify which social media platforms were used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilar events elsewhere have resulted in violence, vandalism, assaults, thefts, and other criminal activity,\u201d Huntington Beach police wrote. \u201cWe have no intention of allowing that to happen here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city is sensitive to such perceived threats after thousands of visitors, including teens and adults, descended upon Newport Beach on Saturday in what police described as a takeover event on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>Newport Beach\u2019s Police Assn. blamed social media for a viral \u201cTikTok takeover,\u201d though in that instance, it\u2019s unknown how many posts were made or how the organizing took place.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested more than 400 people after a melee in which businesses were smashed and looted and fireworks were dispatched in crowds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a large unruly crowd of close to 3,000 people fighting and causing massive disruption from 29th street to 35th street,\u201d Deputy Chief of Police Joshua Vincelet told the Daily Pilot in an email Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Newport Beach had warned partygoers to avoid lawbreaking before the takeover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCelebrate responsibly and enjoy all Newport Beach has to offer this Fourth of July. But if your plans involve illegal fireworks, public drinking or throwing a party that keeps the neighbors awake \u2026 let\u2019s just say it\u2019s probably Not in Newport,\u201d <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DaEVdXyPeG3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the post read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Huntington Beach Police Special Investigations Bureau said it had already identified event organizers and promoters.<\/p>\n<p>They warned the public that the organizers of any criminal activity that results from a takeover \u201cmay be arrested and prosecuted.\u201d Some potential charges include incitement to riot, vandalism, theft and assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur officers are coordinating with regional law enforcement partners,\u201d the post read, \u201cand will be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huntington Beach police are warning online organizers and promoters attempting an \u201cEnd of Summer Beach Bash\u201d party or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2598,24926,158004,5679,48,52,51,47,50,49,158007,5860,158008,592,236,158006,598,2130,238,22919,158005],"class_list":["post-392802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-assault","tag-firework","tag-huntington-beach-police-issue","tag-july","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-many-post","tag-newport-beach","tag-other-criminal-activity","tag-people","tag-police","tag-promoter","tag-social-medium-post","tag-takeover","tag-theft","tag-vandalism","tag-wild-fourth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392802","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=392802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}