Montgomery County’s $5,000 Takeover Fine Is Aimed at the Crowd. The Tow Truck Is Aimed at the Car
Montgomery County, Md., raised its street-takeover fine to $5,000 and opened high-injury state highways to speed cameras on the same…
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Two Red Mustangs Hit 120 MPH on I-4. The Trooper Says They ‘Appeared’ to Be Racing. Florida Law Wants More Than That
Two red Mustangs were stopped at 120 mph on I-4 near Tampa. The trooper’s report says they appeared to be…
Being Tracked by a Police Helicopter and a GPS Tag Didn’t Stop This Driver From Crashing Through Scottsdale Airport’s Gate and Into a Plane
Phoenix police say a car tied to a street racing group was tracked by helicopter and a bumper-mounted GPS tag.…
CHP Impounded a Street-Racing Nissan GT-R for 30 Days, Then Soundtracked the Evidence With “Break My Stride”
CHP San Diego says a Nissan GT-R was street racing on a local freeway. Officers seized it for 30 days,…
‘I Know It’s Dumb’: Arizona Corvette Driver Raced 120 MPH on I-10, Then Asked to Keep the Car He Needs for Work
An Arizona trooper asked a Corvette driver why he raced a car he needed for work at more than 120…
Tempe Grappled a 140-MPH Corvette and Booked Its Driver. A Year Later, No Felony Case Shows Up in Superior Court
A year after Tempe police used a Grappler to stop a 140-mph Corvette and booked the driver on a felony,…
Troopers Say an 18-Year-Old Bailed on a Norcross Takeover at 145 MPH and Left an Injured Driver Behind. Now He’s Looking at 15 Charges
Troopers say an 18-year-old fled a Norcross street takeover at 145 mph and left a seriously injured driver behind. In…
The Milwaukee ‘Street Takeover’ Had a Facebook Schedule, a Street Address and a Lot Number
Deputies rushed to a reported street takeover at Milwaukee's McKinley Marina. It was a car meet that had posted its…
Police Spent Weeks Identifying Riders From Street Takeover. 18 Are Charged, and 15 Charge Sheets Say ‘Breach of Peach.’
Police say about 200 riders took over part of Newington’s Berlin Turnpike in July, with some cutting across store property.…
Kentucky Wants Street Racers to Watch Their Cars Get Crushed. The Bill Keeps Dying Anyway.
Kentucky's HB 425 would have let a judge order a street racer's car destroyed. It died April 15. Louisville, Las…
442 People Were Cited for Watching an L.A. Street Takeover. The Law Had Been Waiting Since 2002.
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least…
The Traffic Stop Failed. Dash Cam Footage Built the 107-MPH Case Anyway.
A Pierce County deputy could not complete the traffic stop. A search warrant and the driver’s own windshield camera produced…
Suffolk County Didn’t Just Bust a Street Takeover. It Ran the Math on One.
Four people from Meriden, Connecticut, drove roughly two and a half hours to a business...
South Carolina’s New Street Takeover Law Doesn’t Just Arrest You. It Can Take Your Car — Even If You Only Watched.
Eighty-plus arrests in one night sounds like the headline out of Greenville County, South Carolina....
South Carolina Arrested 80 People At A Street Takeover — But The Real Punishment Is What Happens To Their Cars
More than 80 people — 80 adults and an unspecified number of juveniles — were...