{"id":167168,"date":"2026-02-24T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/167168\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:33:07","slug":"driver-arrested-after-preparing-for-intersection-takeover-striking-curb-outside-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/167168\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver arrested after preparing for \u2018intersection takeover,\u2019 striking curb outside City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0February 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MZK6PODXDRCRDPKERPOYRWBR2E.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/>Stevens Orelien (Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  \u2014 A 21-year-old man was arrested early Monday after he appeared to be getting ready for an \u201cintersection takeover\u201d with other drivers in Hollywood, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Hollywood police, officers spotted multiple vehicles driving recklessly before they fled east on Hollywood Beach Boulevard toward Interstate 95.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOne vehicle, a blue Maserati, was found a short time later at City Hall, where it hit a curb,\u201d HPD posted on social media. \u201cOfficers were able to detain the parties in the vehicle and the driver, Stevens Orelien, was arrested and charged with fleeing and eluding, reckless driving with damage to property, and disobeying a red light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re proud of the officers on scene who saw this dangerous driving behavior and took the suspect into custody,\u201d the post read. \u201cThe Hollywood Police Department has already intensified enforcement efforts targeting street takeovers and will continue to hold these dangerous drivers accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Tuesday afternoon, Orelien was being held at the Broward County Main Jail on a $7,500 bond. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0February 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandStevens Orelien (Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 A 21-year-old man was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-167168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}