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   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   Back on February 3, the San Joaquin County Sideshow Taskforce made a huge   
   bust, arresting 150 people and seizing 88 cars that were part of a huge   
   street takeover event. Apparently, the owners of those seized cars have   
   been calling and whining about getting them back, so Sheriff Patrick   
   Withrow shared a brutally honest message with them via Instagram recently.   
      
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   In a recorded video, he informed the owners of those 88 vehicles that   
   since they were used in the commission of a crime they’re being held   
   indefinitely. That’s right, these street takeover enthusiasts clowns are   
   starting to realize there can be serious consequences for breaking the   
   law.   
      
   We wish more law enforcement agencies would be this hardnosed with the   
   street takeover or sideshow crowd. The problem never would have become so   
   pervasive had everyone taken this approach. Instead, many law enforcement   
   officials and prosecutors have treated this crowd with kid gloves.   
      
   Sheriff Withrow explained the only way the cars will be released is once   
   the district attorney’s office informs his office that each individual   
   vehicle is no longer needed for the prosecution of the crimes committed.   
   Knowing how fast the wheels of justice turn, these rides could be held in   
   the impound lot for some time.   
      
   And Sheriff Withrow seems pleased at that likelihood. After all, as he   
   notes they can’t be used as a public nuisance again anytime soon. That   
   means citizens in his county can actually drive through intersections   
   freely and not have to fear they’ll get on the bad side of a bunch of   
   children who think they can take over roads whenever they please.   
      
   Now the real kicker is how Sheriff Withrow says he’s looking at possibly   
   going for “a destruction order for any vehicle deemed to be a public   
   menace.”   
      
   We’re normally not fans of destroying perfectly good cars just because   
   they were used in the commission of a crime, but since these rides likely   
   wouldn’t be auctioned off and most of them are pretty thrashed anyway,   
   this might be the only way to get the message to the street takeover gangs   
   that they need to find a new hobby, preferably one that doesn’t involve   
   breaking the law.   
      
   Check out Sheriff Withrow’s message for yourself.   
      
   Images via San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/sheriff-politely-goes-scorched-earth-210000295.html   
      
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