Street racing citations have risen sharply across South Florida over the past four years. They’re saying we need to build them a track or they’re going to keep it up. “And some of them think there’s a negotiation to be made.

“I’ve talked to my social media team about the type of messaging that we’re getting from the individuals that are actually violating the law and doing this,” Tony said at a news conference in March announcing the crackdown. On March 24 and 25, BSO’s Burglary Apprehension Team arrested a total of seven people and seized five vehicles in two raids, giving out over 60 citations to spectators.Īll of those arrested are being charged with criminal misdemeanors under the new law. Over the past month alone, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies have raided four separate car scene meetups. Two weeks before, on March 10, deputies arrested six people there and took six cars.Įarlier in March, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony declared he would no longer show any leniency towards the drivers, or “intersection takeover crews,” announcing a new offensive to “take vehicles and take to jail.”Ībout the same time, the West Palm Beach Police Department created its own task force to target racers with officers from multiple units, Jachles said, including the GHOST unit, or Gang-Habitual Offender Suppression Team.

On March 24, Broward Sheriff’s deputies followed a car scene meetup across the street on West Atlantic Boulevard in Margate, the second time that month at the hangout spot, arresting one person and seizing two cars. And while the young girl “sleeps like a log” in the apartment, she said her mother hears them every weekend, though they’ve started coming less often since people started calling the police.

The cars go so fast in a Margate parking lot that Emelyn Quinonez’s windows shake across the street.

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