{"id":207551,"date":"2026-04-23T19:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207551\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:21:13","slug":"queens-street-takeover-arrest-made-after-dangerous-drag-racing-meetup-in-maspeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207551\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens street takeover: Arrest made after dangerous drag racing meetup in Maspeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

MASPETH, Queens (WABC) — Police have made an arrest in connection to a chaotic street takeover in Queens last weekend.<\/p>\n

Nearly 100 cars gathered early Saturday morning in Maspeth and blocked street traffic while performing dangerous stunts around a ring of fire.<\/p>\n

Police said that eight people in total are responsible for creating the chaos and they say it wasn’t only disorderly, it was dangerous.<\/p>\n

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Officials said Thursday that 22-year-old Asil Assaidi is facing multiple charges, including reckless endangerment, riot, criminal mischief and more.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, elected officials met with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to discuss getting more officers on patrol to prevent it from happening again.<\/p>\n

The NYPD vowed they will aggressively deter and stop car meet-ups.<\/p>\n

They said so far this year they have shut down 61 incidents and made 51 arrests while seizing 62 cars.<\/p>\n

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