{"id":299572,"date":"2026-07-18T17:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299572\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T17:49:07","slug":"bronx-man-arrested-for-crashing-car-into-gate-at-beyonce-and-jay-zs-east-hampton-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299572\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx man arrested for crashing car into gate at Beyonce and Jay-Z’s East Hampton home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bronx man was arrested for plowing his vehicle into the security gate surrounding Beyonce and Jay-Z\u2019s $26 million mansion in East Hampton<\/a> earlier this week, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

The suspect, identified as Keith Webster, was charged with<\/a> second-degree criminal mischief and third-degree criminal trespass in connection with the incident, the East Hampton Press reported. He\u2019s accused of driving his Subaru through the security gate circling the power couple\u2019s home shortly after 12 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A security guard stationed outside the residence at the time told authorities he spotted the car \u201cdriving at a high rate of speed up the driveway,<\/a>\u201d and then failing \u201cto stop at the closed mechanical driveway gates,\u201d which were damaged in the crash, according to a police report.<\/p>\n

Police said it is still unclear whether Webster was intentionally targeting Beyonce<\/a> and her Grammy-winning husband. It was not immediately clear if the couple was home at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t making threats,\u201d Detective Sgt. Jennifer Dunn, of the East Hampton Police, told the East Hampton Star. \u201cHe seemed confused.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Dunn added: \u201cThis could be a health issue but we have to treat it as a crime until proven otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relatives did not know why Webster was in the area. He also attempted to get into another nearby house first, but the homeowner said \u201cno\u201d and the man \u201cleft with no problem,\u201d according to Dunn.<\/p>\n

Webster suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where he was treated and then released back into police custody, according to the Press.<\/p>\n

During his arraignment on Thursday, Webster appeared disoriented and he was subsequently taken to a mental health facility for evaluation.<\/p>\n

An investigation into the matter is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx man was arrested for plowing his vehicle into the security gate surrounding Beyonce and Jay-Z\u2019s $26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,85,9,24,63,2632,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-299572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-latest-headlines","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-snyde","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\/299572","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=299572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}