{"id":267158,"date":"2026-05-11T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267158\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:29:07","slug":"tampa-police-release-new-video-of-teen-takeover-of-waterfront-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267158\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Police release new video of teen \u2018takeover\u2019 of waterfront park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Tampa Police have released video of officers breaking up a teen \u201ctakeover\u201d Friday night near Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police said 22 people between the ages of 12 and 21 were arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers responded in force to what the department described as \u201csignificant disruptions\u201d downtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police say charges connected to the arrests included affray, possession of narcotics, resisting without violence and unlawful possession of a weapon. Investigators say officers also seized two firearms and one vehicle tied to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Several of those arrested were juveniles, according to police. The youngest person arrested was 12 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis type of reckless and criminal behavior will not be tolerated in our city,\u201d Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. \u201cWhat began as a large gathering quickly escalated into disorder and activity that placed others at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police say similar large gatherings involving teens have become a growing concern in communities across the country heading into the summer months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The department also pointed to youth programs, including PAL\u2019s Midnight Basketball and Stay and Play, which offer extended evening hours and activities at select city parks during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Tampa Police have released video of officers breaking up a teen \u201ctakeover\u201d Friday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4864,132,77617,135,137,136,1953],"class_list":["post-267158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-arrests","tag-police","tag-takeover","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-teen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267158","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=267158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}