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Dozens charged, vehicles seized in crackdown on Charlotte street racing
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Authorities in North Carolina have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
Warrants for the charge of prearranged racing were issued following a grand jury indictment naming 54 suspects.
The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing, particularly around the area of Interstate 485 and Prosperity Church Road.
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May 6, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
Warrants for the charge of prearranged racing were issued following a grand jury indictment naming 54 suspects.
The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing, particularly around the area of Interstate 485 and Prosperity Church Road.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina have charged more than 50 people and seized 60 vehicles as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the charges and seizures were made Thursday in a multiagency effort that included the North Carolina Highway Patrol and municipal and county law enforcement agencies throughout the Charlotte area.
Warrants for the charge of prearranged racing were issued following a grand jury indictment naming 54 suspects.
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The crackdown was launched last year after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police received several complaints in October about aggressive driving and street racing, particularly around the area of Interstate 485 and Prosperity Church Road.
CMPD Maj. Dave Johnson says reckless and aggressive driving has increased during the pandemic.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department says there has been an increase in aggressive driving in the Charlotte area during the pandemic, including a case of dangerous stunt driving last week that shut down Interstate 77.
Last Friday around 11 p.m., drivers blocked traffic on I-77 to perform burnouts and donuts in the middle of the interstate. According to WSOC-TV, the incident occurred near the Tyvola Road exit. The station reported about 30 Dodge Chargers blocked all the southbound lanes.
During CMPD’s weekly press conference Wednesday, Maj. Dave Johnson told reporters this kind of activity is not a new problem, but that groups appear more emboldened recently.