- Five young people have been arrested and charged following a dangerous intersection takeover in Miami Dade
- The suspects were involved in intersection takeovers, where cars gather to drag race and perform dangerous stunts, across Northwest Miami-Dade between December 30 and January 6
- The arrests are the latest in a spree of intersection takeovers across the country
Five youths have been arrested and charged following a dangerous intersection takeover in Miami Dade.
The suspects were involved in intersection takeovers, where cars gather to drag race and perform dangerous stunts, across Northwest Miami-Dade between December 30 and January 6.
The extensive enforcement operation involved Homeland Security Bureau, Intelligence and Investigations Section, the Priority Response Team, Robbery Intervention and North Operations Division uniform patrol units.
On December 30 around 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of Northwest 151st Street and Northwest 7th Avenue, several vehicles were blocking the roadway.
A hoodless Dodge charger driven by Joshua Dalmond, 23, proceeded to approach the intersection and began doing donuts in the pit while spectators watched and recorded for about 10 minutes.
On December 30 around 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of Northwest 151st Street and Northwest 7th Avenue, several vehicles were blocking the roadway
The extensive enforcement operation involved Homeland Security Bureau, Intelligence and Investigations Section
A hoodless Dodge charger driven by Joshua Dalmond, 23, proceeded to approach the intersection and began doing donuts
Dalmond drove to three further intersection takeovers taking place nearby where he performed further tricks for spectators, according to the arrest affidavit.
On New Year’s Eve, Dalmond made two more appearances at intersection takeovers in the area and was later arrested on January 2 at his home and charged with drag racing.
At the intersection of Northwest 54th Street and Northwest 27th Avenue on January 2 around 2am Cameron Lomax, 19, and Chelsy Gamez, 20,drove a white Corvette in donuts.
Lomax was charged with drag racing and operating a vehicle without a valid driver’s license, and Gamez was arrested and charged for passenger involved in highway drag racing.
On Saturday 6 Jearial Garcia, 21, and Andres Culp, 18, were found making donuts at the I-75 Park & Ride in Hialeah, driving red Mazda Miata and gray Chevrolet Tahoe, respectively.
Officers were forced to pursue the suspects after they fled the scene.
Garcia was charged with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, openly carrying a weapon, fleeing and eluding law enforcement, and drag racing. Culp was arrested and charged with highway drag racing.
It comes after a series of dangerous intersection takeovers caused havoc across the country last year.
Andres Culp, 18, was arrested and charged with highway drag racing
Five youths have been arrested and charged following a dangerous intersection takeover in Miami Dade
The arrests are the latest in a spree of intersection takeovers across the United States
An illegal Indiana street takeover in December drew more than 500 cars – with some doing dangerous stunts as people hung out the window – and ended with gunfire as cops tried to break up the gathering.
The gathering drew cars from five states and video shows the massive crowd in a parking lot watching the stunts.
Police tried to stop the gathering, but it sparked a chase with one car that ended in an officer firing shots and two cops hurt.
‘It’s unwanted by the community and it’s a very dangerous activity,’ Indianapolis police Northwest District Commander Lorenzo Lewis said about the rise in takeovers.
Videos released by police from the incident showed the massive size and the dangerous stunts by drivers – many times as people hung out of windows or women twerked as cars did doughnuts.
Smoke could be seen billowing around the tires as cars screech along the road.
Police said drivers had come from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont for the event. Officers initially turned drivers away from Research Drive, but the motorists used social media to set up new locations on Saturday into Sunday, according to cops.
Around midnight, the situation escalated as cops worked to clear a parking lot in the 2800 block of Lafayette Road, where several vehicles were driving dangerously, Fox 59 reports.
Cops in Indiana were called to help shut down a massive illegal takeover which drew 500 cars from across five states
Video showed drivers doing dangerous stunts as people hung out of windows
Takeovers are unsanctioned events where motorists meet up and include cars blocking roads and performing tricks.
Police said drivers had come from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont for the event which featured women twerking out of the window of moving cars
A police officer said when he arrived he heard ‘multiple’ gunshots.
Cops identified a vehicle being driven by Sebastian Jimenez, 23, who they say failed to stop. As police chased, Jimenez fled into a dead-end parking lot. There, he did a U-turn and rammed a police car head on.
Two police confronted the car, with one officer firing their weapon – though nobody was hurt in the shooting.
Jimenez then raced south before slamming into another vehicle at an intersection.
He and his female passenger, along with two officers involved in the incident, were treated for minor crash injuries.
Jimenez has since been charged with with battery with a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness and reckless driving.
The unnamed officer who fired their weapon has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, which is standard procedure.