MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 22-year-old man from Miami-Dade County was arrested Tuesday after allegedly participating in multiple illegal street takeovers, authorities confirmed.
According to detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Homeland Security Bureau who were tasked with addressing intersection takeovers, an organized takeover event took place on Sunday between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. at various locations throughout the country.
Deputies said they identified Damiean Alvarez as a passenger inside a blue Infiniti G35 that was doing donuts at the intersection of Northwest 77th Court and 169th Street around 1:20 a.m. while approximately 50 to 60 vehicles were present and blocking the intersection.
Deputies said about two hours later, they again saw Alvarez inside the same blue Infiniti G35 which was doing donuts at the intersection of Northwest 25th Street and 76th Avenue, underneath the Palmetto Expressway, with around 50 to 60 vehicles present and blocking the intersection.
They said during both incidents, Alvarez was wearing a ski mask in an attempt to conceal his identity.
According to deputies, at both scenes, after the vehicles had blocked off all lanes of traffic, “spectators would exit their vehicles and approach the intersection to record and view the “spinner” vehicles do reckless driving patterns.”
Deputies said it was two days later, on Tuesday night around 9:05 p.m., when they took Alvarez into custody at his home along the 2700 block of Northwest 48th Street, where an arrest report indicated that the blue Infiniti was parked in the driveway.
An alleged confession from Alvarez was redacted from his publicly released arrest report.
As of Wednesday morning, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on felony charges of drag racing while masked. Records indicate he was also wanted on a warrant for a separate domestic violence case, for which his bond is listed as “to be set.”
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