The entire south Charlotte street racing scene just got busted, "2 Fast 2 Furious" style

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Luckily, we have Woodward from the months of April-September...50/50 chance that you'll get an asshole cop, but they usually stay in the same places.

The kind of situation that you mentioned...don't think that's happened in Michigan before. Not a big enough street racing scene

Probably cuz we usually dont have teenagers with ricers going down woodward....lots of muscle cars and such. Heck go down on Fort Street downriver or Gratiot in macomb county and people dont race rice they race old muscle cars

 

[iversonyin]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

Did they just tow every Honda Civics out of the parking lot? What if I was driving my car to see Borat and I have NOS sticker on my car....they would've tow it too?

 

[UNCjigga]

Here's another link.

It turns out some of the cars seized had stolen parts--Operation "Enjoy the Ride" was just as much about cracking down on a car theft ring as it was about stopping the races.

 

[UNCjigga]

Full story

Looks like this isn't the same situation as what happened in Houston--seems that these folks were actually meeting to race on public roads, and a few of the cars are suspected to have stolen parts. Still, out of 60 warrants pending and all the vehicles seized, I'm sure there are a few who did nothing more than check out other people's cars and got mixed up in all this.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

So apparantly they had evidence they were street racing in the past, or they arrested them for something different entirely.

Probably. The OP's article link also mentioned stolen parts. I't spossible this is something they'd been working on for some time, gathering evidence and such, and, as another poster mentioned, took the opportunity to sting when they weren't prepared to run.

 

[Mermaidman]

Here are more details:

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This is going to hurt:
"Their cars, some valued at up to $40,000, likely will be sold at a public auction, police said."

 

[j00fek]

lol busted ricers

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Here are more details:

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This is going to hurt:
"Their cars, some valued at up to $40,000, likely will be sold at a public auction, police said."

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

So apparantly they had evidence they were street racing in the past, or they arrested them for something different entirely.

The question is, do they actually have *evidence* that they were say racing at 160+mph, or was this just a bust because the cops knew they were "doing something wrong". It seems to me that it might be the latter.

 

[Toastedlightly]

I wish there were more places to cheaply race (not public roads, actual road courses).

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

So apparantly they had evidence they were street racing in the past, or they arrested them for something different entirely.

The question is, do they actually have *evidence* that they were say racing at 160+mph, or was this just a bust because the cops knew they were "doing something wrong". It seems to me that it might be the latter.

On what are you basing that assumption? It was a 4 month investigation that apparantly involved one or more undercover cops, but you still assume they just pulled it all out of their asses?

 

[MaxDepth]

The sting operation brought to you by NASCAR. Where you should be watching it, not doing it.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
The sting operation brought to you by NASCAR. Where you should be watching it, not doing it.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

another case of young people having an interest in a specific hobby(cars, tuning etc) and not having an organized and legal outlet to pursue the hobby. These kids are actually quite harmless until they start driving recklessly on public roads. Solution: create a speed way where they can hang out and race on a closed course.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

So apparantly they had evidence they were street racing in the past, or they arrested them for something different entirely.

The question is, do they actually have *evidence* that they were say racing at 160+mph, or was this just a bust because the cops knew they were "doing something wrong". It seems to me that it might be the latter.

On what are you basing that assumption? It was a 4 month investigation that apparantly involved one or more undercover cops, but you still assume they just pulled it all out of their asses?

Yes.
1) The "Four month investigation" means nothing. It does not mean that evidence of crimes has been collected for four months. It means that someone started the investigation four months ago.

2) Police have been known to be complete morons when comes to investigations. It is possible, maybe even likely that the police knew that the racers started the night at that location, so picked everyone up. That does not mean that those there are guilty of anything.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
another case of young people having an interest in a specific hobby(cars, tuning etc) and not having an organized and legal outlet to pursue the hobby. These kids are actually quite harmless until they start driving recklessly on public roads. Solution: create a speed way where they can hang out and race on a closed course.

That is BS. Kids are stupid. There is a track locally that is open 4 nights a week for exactly this type of use yet the dumbass ricers still use the street. It has been this way for a long time. The kids don't want to follow any rules so they just do as they please. This situation also involves STOLEN parts which means the kids are not so harmless.

 

[JulesMaximus]

:thumbsup: Good riddance. They should take the cars and crush them.

 

[pnad]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Here are more details:

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This is going to hurt:
"Their cars, some valued at up to $40,000, likely will be sold at a public auction, police said."

And that is what bothers me the most. I am all for nailing kids street racing. Fine them, jail them, pull their DL for 10 years - whatever. I feel that confiscating a vehicle worth anywhere from 10 to 40k is insane and unjust.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: pnad

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
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This is going to hurt:
"Their cars, some valued at up to $40,000, likely will be sold at a public auction, police said."

And that is what bothers me the most. I am all for nailing kids street racing. Fine them, jail them, pull their DL for 10 years - whatever. I feel that confiscating a vehicle worth anywhere from 10 to 40k is insane and unjust.

No, it's called a deterrent. I'm all for it.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Yes.
1) The "Four month investigation" means nothing. It does not mean that evidence of crimes has been collected for four months. It means that someone started the investigation four months ago.

2) Police have been known to be complete morons when comes to investigations. It is possible, maybe even likely that the police knew that the racers started the night at that location, so picked everyone up. That does not mean that those there are guilty of anything.

Well apparantly they were doing something right in their investigation, because they found 6 cars with stolen parts. :roll:

 

[AAjax]

Originally posted by: Quintox

Originally posted by: intogamer
how you going to run on foot leaving your car behind?

True, nobody (esp. them) would do that

Yeah, someone might steal the wing off of their bad-mofo ride.

 

[rh71]

wasn't there an instructional vid for officers on how to tell a car is for street racing .. and if so they can get busted for it... they didn't have to be racing at the time.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: pnad

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Here are more details:

Text

This is going to hurt:
"Their cars, some valued at up to $40,000, likely will be sold at a public auction, police said."

And that is what bothers me the most. I am all for nailing kids street racing. Fine them, jail them, pull their DL for 10 years - whatever. I feel that confiscating a vehicle worth anywhere from 10 to 40k is insane and unjust.

No, it's called a deterrent. I'm all for it.

As long as they only do it to those who are actually guilty of a crime.

As offensive to the eyes and ears as a riced-out car is, having bad taste isn't illegal.

The guy with the stolen engine, obliterated VINs, no license plates, and <FnF> enough NAWZ to blow hisself up </FnF> - toss him away and auction off his car. The kid with three different company badges and "NOS" decals on his Mom's Corolla TypeXRSRT-4 Turbo - smack him upside the head for being a moron, but let him go.

- M4H

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: rh71
wasn't there an instructional vid for officers on how to tell a car is for street racing .. and if so they can get busted for it... they didn't have to be racing at the time.

Yeah, and that video was both LOL-worthy and sad from the amount of bullshit and profiling it depicted.

- M4H

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: allisolm
Is this it?

"Eleven people were arrested and 17 cars seized during a sting Saturday night targeting those participating in a pre-arranged speed competition, police said.

Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and the N.C. Highway Patrol were stationed at Stonecrest at Piper Glen shopping center on Rea Road and Interstate 485 around midnight.

At least 30 warrants were served."


Link (says exactly what I posted - no more, no less.)

So apparantly they had evidence they were street racing in the past, or they arrested them for something different entirely.

The question is, do they actually have *evidence* that they were say racing at 160+mph, or was this just a bust because the cops knew they were "doing something wrong". It seems to me that it might be the latter.

On what are you basing that assumption? It was a 4 month investigation that apparantly involved one or more undercover cops, but you still assume they just pulled it all out of their asses?

Yes.
1) The "Four month investigation" means nothing. It does not mean that evidence of crimes has been collected for four months. It means that someone started the investigation four months ago.

2) Police have been known to be complete morons when comes to investigations. It is possible, maybe even likely that the police knew that the racers started the night at that location, so picked everyone up. That does not mean that those there are guilty of anything.

Except warrants are issued by the courts after evidence is presented to a judge displaying the need for a warrant.