DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News Crime

LA authorities reveal stiffer penalties and potential jail time for scofflaws at dangerous street meet-ups

August 11, 2025
in Crime, News
LA authorities reveal stiffer penalties and potential jail time for scofflaws at dangerous street meet-ups
494
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Authorities tired of street meet-up scofflaws driving circles around them moved to put the brakes on the deadly pastime Monday by pushing for stiffer penalties for the criminals.

Tinseltown has been plagued in recent years by the illegal gatherings, organized on secretive social media channels, in which hooligans in cars take over public roadways for donuts, burnouts and other stunts.

The locations are broadcast on private social media, and organizers can make big money promoting wannabe speed demons on their channels, authorities said.

“These reckless stunts are terrorizing our local communities, sometimes leading to death and often leading to looting, vandalism and other crimes,” LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters at a press conference Monday.

Street takeover near Crypto.com Arena with fireworks and smoke.
Fireworks explode at a massive street takeover at the Crypto.com Arena Saturday morning. AIO Filmz
Los Angeles County District Attorney (pictured) vowed to crack down on street takeovers at a Monday press conference.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman (pictured) vowed to crack down on street takeovers at a Monday press conference. Fox11

Hochman spoke after 40 to 50 cars took over the street in front of Crypto.com Arena, home of the LA Lakers in the wee hours Saturday.

In April, county officials agreed to double the fine for participating in street takeovers, making it $1,000, plus up to 90 days in jail. Even spectators could land fines and jail time.

But that wasn’t enough for Hochman.

“I would ask the Board of Supervisors to keep ratcheting up the penalties,” he said at LA’s Hall of Justice, calling for a fine of $2,500 for the second offence and $5,000 for the third.

He also warned that a would-be speed demon’s car might end up in a city scrap pile.

Street takeover near Crypto.com Arena with over 100 vehicles.
Huge crowds swarm speeding cars as they perform donuts outside the Crypto.com Arena. AIO Filmz

“If you’re a driver and you want to see that car crushed, literally crushed as we impound it, go ahead and test us,” Hochman said.

On Friday, a judge sentenced Dante Chapple-Young to 13 years in prison for slamming his car into a crowd of people while doing donuts at a street takeover in 2022, killing 24-year-old Elyzza Guajaca.

“It’s been long and hard for me and my family,” Guajaca’s mother Lorraine told reporters at the press conference Monday, fighting back tears. “We have put [the driver] where he belongs.”

Street takeover in Downtown Los Angeles with over 100 vehicles.
A man hangs out of a window of a speeding car during the street takeover in Downtown Los Angeles. AIO Filmz

Three people have died in street takeovers this year, authorities said.The LA Police Department has intervened in 517 street takeovers since January, but officers only show up at around one in four of the incidents the department is alerted to, according to LAPD Deputy Chief Donald Graham.Graham explained that going in guns blazing can make the situation even more dangerous.“If you interdict too hard, now you’ve got 150 cars fleeing from a location at 100 miles an hour, which creates a whole other problem,” he said.Graham also said illegal street mobs are becoming more vicious — both for civilians and the officers trying to break them up.“It’s not like it was when I was doing street racing enforcement back in the early 2000s, when you showed up with two or three black-and-whites with the lights on and everybody took off,”  he continued, explaining that even the act of calling for backup “becomes a real danger for [officers] as crowds of two to three hundred turn on those black-and-whites.”

Cops are working to monitor the social media channels that broadcast info about upcoming takeovers, and organizers may face felony conspiracy charges.But the organizers usually broadcast on private pages or encrypted messaging apps, and they make last-minute changes to throw the cops off their trail, Graham said.

Nighttime street takeover near Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles with over 100 vehicles.
The Crypto.com Arena takeover drew 40 to 50 cars and trucks, authorities said. AIO Filmz

“We have our means [of investigating], and some of them I can’t get into here in an open forum, but it is more complicated than simply ‘Oh, did you see what’s on your Insta?’”

The LA County Board of Supervisors also plans to send letters to social media companies warning them to crack down on street takeover organizers  — and threatening to hold them liable for the death and destruction if they don’t comply.

The post LA authorities reveal stiffer penalties and potential jail time for scofflaws at dangerous street meet-ups appeared first on New York Post.

Tags: CrimeLos Angelesracing
Share198Tweet124Share
Kirk homers twice as Blue Jays end playoff skid by thumping Yankees 10-1 in Game 1 of ALDS
News

Kirk homers twice as Blue Jays end playoff skid by thumping Yankees 10-1 in Game 1 of ALDS

by Associated Press
October 4, 2025

TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk hit two solo home runs, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays ...

Read more
News

WNBA commissioner’s past comments on Caitlin Clark earnings resurface after denying recently alleged remarks

October 4, 2025
News

Hungary: Banned Pride march draws thousands

October 4, 2025
News

‘SNL’ returns to a late-night world still finding its footing in Trump’s 2nd term

October 4, 2025
News

Judge temporarily blocks use of National Guard in Portland

October 4, 2025
Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

October 4, 2025
Elvira remains unimpressed with Ariana Grande’s apology for diva behavior, hopes singer learns humility

Elvira remains unimpressed with Ariana Grande’s apology for diva behavior, hopes singer learns humility

October 4, 2025
US Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago after being ‘boxed in’ by cars

US Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago after being ‘boxed in’ by cars

October 4, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.