{"id":207497,"date":"2026-04-23T18:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207497\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:30:37","slug":"arrest-made-in-chaotic-queens-car-gathering-nypd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207497\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made in chaotic Queens car gathering, NYPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NYPD has arrested a man in connection with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/public-safety\/2026\/04\/20\/nypd-probes-reckless-driving--fire-at-overnight-queens-car-gathering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">chaotic car meetup<\/a> that took place in Middle Village, Queens over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Asil Assaidi is facing several charges, including reckless endangerment, rioting, aggravated unlicensed operation and criminal mischief.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD has arrested a man in connection with\u00a0a\u00a0chaotic car meetup\u00a0that took place in Middle Village over the weekend<br \/>\n<br \/>Police say Asil Assaidi is facing several charges, including reckless endangerment, rioting, aggravated unlicensed operation and criminal mischief<br \/>\n<br \/>Surveillance video captured a giant ring of fire in the middle of an intersection in the neighborhood, with cars doing donuts around it<\/p>\n<p>Assaidi is allegedly one of the more than 100 people who gathered at Eliot Avenue and 69th Street early Saturday morning. Surveillance video from the scene captured a giant ring of fire in the middle of an intersection, with cars doing donuts around it.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD recently seized two vehicles involved and released surveillance photos of three people they are looking for. It\u2019s unclear, however, if Assaidi is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>City Council member Phil Wong, who represents the district where it happened, has been vocal about his constitutents\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Asil Assaidi, who the NYPD arrested and charged for his role in Saturday\u2019s dangerous car meet-up.<\/p>\n<p>This type of chaos has no place in our city, and we&#8217;ll continue to crackdown on anyone who engages in this reckless behavior. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QzfqHTAg0s\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QzfqHTAg0s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/2047344486406119644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore arrests are coming, and they should. Anyone who participated in this chaos and endangered lives must be held accountable,\u201d he said in a statement, in part.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD says it has shut down 61 similar takeovers across the city this year.<\/p>\n<p>In her own statement, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she hoped Assaidi would be &#8220;held fully accountable for his actions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too often there are no consequences in the criminal justice system for this type of outrageous behavior,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Clearly, it\u2019s time for that to change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Assaidi&#8217;s attorney information wasn&#8217;t immediately available Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD has arrested a man in connection with a\u00a0chaotic car meetup that took place in Middle Village,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[387,25,9,24,12,63,308,122,124,123,380,27,200],"class_list":["post-207497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-safety","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}