{"id":227401,"date":"2026-05-11T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227401\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:03:09","slug":"nypd-busts-car-meet-up-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/227401\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD busts car meet-up in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brief<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested four men and issued seven summonses after responding to a car meet-up, where most participants fled but some remained at the scene, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>Three suspects were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and firearm, while a fourth faces multiple charges including possession of a forged instrument and illegal ammunition device.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes as the NYPD continues cracking down on illegal street takeovers, with the New York Post reporting a separate Bronx meet-up that also led to multiple arrests and summonses.<\/p>\n<p>BRONX &#8211; Police are continuing to crack down on illegal car meet-ups across New York City, leading to multiple arrests and summonses in the latest incident, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>What we know<\/p>\n<p>According to the NYPD\u2019s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, officers responded to reports that people were drag-racing at the intersection of Pinkney and Hollers avenues in <a data-ylk=\"slk:Eastchester around 2:30 a.m.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/10\/us-news\/7-busted-in-latest-wild-nyc-car-meet-up\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Eastchester around 2:30 a.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said most of the people involved left the area when police arrived, but some remained at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrested four men in connection to the incident and issued summonses to seven others.<\/p>\n<p>Three of those arrested were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth suspect faces charges of criminal possession of a forged instrument, unlawful possession of a certain ammunition feeding device and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Among those issued summonses, two were cited for illegal window tints and five for disorderly conduct, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Car meets<\/p>\n<p>Local perspective<\/p>\n<p>The arrests come amid a broader crackdown on illegal car meet-ups across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Similar street takeovers have drawn large crowds in recent months, including a gathering in Middle Village, Queens, where drivers allegedly performed stunts around a ring of fire, and another in Malba, Queens, where a car was set ablaze and a couple was assaulted. Police have made arrests in connection to both incidents, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Source<\/p>\n<p>This report is based on information from police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police arrested four men and issued seven summonses after responding to a car meet-up, where most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,2700,26549,9,24,63,103,37699,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-227401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-car","tag-criminal-possession","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-summonses","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227401","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=227401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}