Multiple Arrests Made Following Weekend Sideshows In Sacramento

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Three radical are nether apprehension pursuing a bid of amerciable sideshows that moved done Sacramento metropolis and region Saturday night.

In all, hundreds of cars were involved, and constabulary accidental the nighttime was truthful engaged with calls for service, they were constricted to “no officers” disposable for respective hours city-wide.

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Cell telephone video captured the revving engines and screeching tires successful a residential Natomas neighborhood.

Drivers were doing donuts successful conscionable 1 of a bid of amerciable car shows crossed Sacramento. Dispatch audio describes immoderate of what officers encountered.

“Sac PD broke up a sideshow, aggregate vehicles present connected the freeway, southbound 5 from Arena. Original study said astir 60 vehicles,” 1 spot of audio said.

Sacramento Police Captain Norm Leong posted to Twitter, saying determination were truthful galore calls for work Saturday night, the constabulary section ran retired of disposable officers.

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“Someone asked maine wherefore officers weren’t dealing w/ the precise large racing cars successful the aboriginal greeting hrs past night. I don’t deliberation astir radical recognize that connected engaged nights we don’t person capable officers…there were constricted to nary officers disposable past nighttime for respective hrs metropolis wide,” Leong tweeted.

Someone asked maine wherefore officers weren’t dealing w/ the precise large racing cars successful the aboriginal greeting hrs past night. I don’t deliberation astir radical recognize that connected engaged nights we don’t person capable officers…there were constricted to nary officers disposable past nighttime for respective hrs metropolis wide.

— Captain Norm Leong (@NormLeong) October 10, 2021

A constabulary spokesperson wrote, too the sideshow enactment moving done the metropolis and county, officers were required astatine Aftershock letting out, and were called to a homicide investigation.

Sacramento constabulary issued a nationalist work announcement astir sideshows conscionable a week agone and included dashcam video showing spectators throwing items astatine a patrol car.

Illegal sideshows turned nationalist streets into tire-screeching stages, leaving constabulary resources empty.

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Sacramento constabulary study 1 conveyance was towed and determination were 3 conveyance pursuits past night. Three drivers were arrested for pursuit and reckless driving charges.

Steve Large