![]() ![]() Two or more people who conspire to 'cheat and defraud any person or any property, by any means which are in themselves criminal' can face only one year in a county prison, a fine of $10k or a combination of the two. The law, aimed at complying with a California Supreme Court order to reduce prison overcrowding, raised the threshold for felony theft to $950 from $400. 'It’s makes me angry when they do that to the streets and put everybody in danger.' ![]() 'It makes me angry,' Norrice Heron told KTLA5. Some residents said they passed by the chaos and saw parents with their little kids sitting to enjoy the street drifting. There are other alternatives and ways to deal with this and I feel like we put it on the back burner and we're dragging our feet as this thing is getting worse.' 'In my opinion, the city has not done enough to quell this issue. These kids coming in our city and just destroying it like this. 'I am totally disgusted,' Bowers told the news outlet. Jonathan Bowers, Compton councilmember, echoed his disgust and belief the mayhem wasn't caused by city residents. 'We don't tear up our own city like this.' 'The people who did this, I don't think they are Compton residents,' Kevin Evans told ABC 7. 'We’re doing our best we can to try to assist the citizens in dealing with this issue,' Williams told the news outlet.Ĭompton residents were in fury over the incidents they believe were done by outsiders. Los Angeles Sheriff Department Sergeant Clarence Williams told the Los Angeles Times that street takeovers occur nearly every weekend, but he's never seen one to the extent of the ARCO break-in. While the ages of the group were disclosed, footage from the night showed grinning youngsters smiling as they plucked condoms from the displays clearly unafraid of getting caught. Police said a laundromat was broken into. Similarly to the ARCO mini-mart incident, the Long Beach Boulevard takeover ended with vandalism and looting. Police said a total of 500 people were at involved in both illegal events. Only one arrest was made but the cause is unclear.Īnother massive takeover involving street racers occurred at Long Beach Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue. Police said the street takeover was one of three that occurred in Compton. Footage from Sunday around 2am showed a group stopping traffic in the Compton intersection of Alondra Boulevard and Central Avenue to drift their cars before charging toward a nearby Arco ![]()
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