Los Angeles Street Takeovers Torch 1 Car and Loot AutoZone of $50,000
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 9
Los Angeles Street Takeovers Torch 1 Car and Loot AutoZone of $50,000
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 9
Summary
Two Los Angeles street takeovers about 2½ hours apart left an AutoZone ransacked in East Los Angeles and a car burning in Gramercy Park early Saturday.
More than $50,000 in tools, car batteries, merchandise and three cash registers were estimated stolen after deputies answered a 2:20 a.m. break-in at the AutoZone on South Atlantic Boulevard.
Around 5 a.m., police dispersed a crowd blocking West Century Boulevard and South Western Avenue with vehicles and fireworks; firefighters then extinguished a car fire found in the intersection at 4:52 a.m.
Authorities have not said whether the incidents were connected, what caused the vehicle fire, or whether any arrests were made, and both cases remain under investigation.
The back-to-back episodes underscore a recurring Southern California problem in which illegal takeovers spill from stunt driving into theft and property damage despite ongoing crackdowns.