Eight males have been arrested Sunday close to northwest Dallas and are dealing with fees associated to unlawful bike racing on the freeway, in response to police.
In an electronic mail Sunday night, Dallas police spokesman Michael Dennis mentioned the arrests have been a part of an operation that focused motorcyclists rushing within the division’s Northwest and North Central patrol divisions.
Officers discovered the individuals concerned within the bike race have been on the intersection of Interstate 635 and Luna Street, the place they have been arrested round 1:30 p.m., in response to police.
Robert Bruce, 30; Jonathan Hernandez, 25; Francisco Perez-Suarez, 39; Zain Raza, 30; Walat Sindi, 24; and Mohammad Zebi, 22, are accused of racing on the freeway. The entire bikes on the scene have been towed, Dennis mentioned.
Fares Matar, 28, is dealing with an obstructing a freeway cost, and Ahason Abdallah, 31, is accused of being a spectator.
A number of “road takeovers,” that are gatherings of automobiles and those that shut down site visitors, have been reported in Austin final week. An Arlington man who was arrested at one of many unlawful occasions is dealing with a number of fees, together with evading arrest, obstructing a freeway and theft of a firearm.
In response to the latest variety of unlawful automobile meets, the place motorists have been seen doing “doughnuts” in crowded intersections, Gov. Greg Abbott introduced he had began a taskforce to “fight the rise in harmful road takeovers taking place throughout Texas.”
The Dallas Police Division began its first Road Race Activity Pressure in 2018. Officers who a part of the duty pressure specialise in implementing state site visitors legal guidelines and metropolis ordinances associated to unlawful racing, mentioned Kristin Lowman, a Dallas police spokeswoman. One of many tasks of the duty pressure is to deal with calls associated to road racing and takeovers.