Street Takeovers

On May 19 a large, advertised gathering on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk and beach drew hundreds of young people and led to multiple arrests for offenses including il...

On the evening of June 28 in Dorchester, Boston, a viral social-media video showed Officer Jesse Kennedy attempting to stop a dirt bike with no rear plate during a r...

Over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago the Near West Side experienced a large "teen takeover" gathering. During the event a vehicle traveling the wrong way allegedly s...

Video from Chicago's Gresham neighborhood on the South Side shows a large crowd surrounding a car that was on fire during an alleged street takeover. An individual i...

Over the July Fourth weekend (July 3–5) in 2026, large crowds—reported to have swelled into the thousands—gathered on Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula. Police say th...

Police departments in multiple U.S. cities have taken preventive steps ahead of the Fourth of July weekend in response to planned “teen takeovers” organized or ampli...

St. Johns County and St. Augustine Beach law enforcement say they detected social-media posts organizing a so-called "teen takeover" scheduled for June 4, 2026, at t...