06-08-2025
Police: 14 vehicles stopped, 3 fled after street takeover in downtown Cincinnati
Fourteen vehicles were stopped and three fled after police intercepted a street takeover Downtown on Aug. 3, according to the Cincinnati Police Department.
Officers conducted the stop after several reports of street takeovers throughout the city over the weekend, officials said in a Facebook post.
Officials said 17 vehicles converged at the dead end of Race Street near the Andrew Brady Music Center, prompting a response from officers. The vehicles matched descriptions from earlier radio runs, police said in the post.
At least four vehicles impounded, according to police.
According to the post, one of the cars had expired plates and the driver had an expired license.
Two other vehicles were found with no license plates displayed. Both were impounded and the drivers were cited.
Police were able to obtain the license plate number of one of the vehicles that fled. The owner was tracked down and cited and that vehicle was also impounded, police said.
Officials from the Central Business Section Third Shift, SWAT and the Central Civil Disturbance Response Team were involved in the operation.
This story was updated to add a video.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Police: 14 vehicles stopped, 3 fled after street takeover Downtown
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