Auto sideshows in Contra Costa County cities end with arrest, 21 car tows
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A chain of car sideshows Saturday night in several eastern Contra Costa County cities ended with police towing 21 vehicles and arresting a man who allegedly crashed his car while trying to evade authorities, according to Antioch police.
Antioch Police Sgt. Rob Green said in a statement Sunday that the initial sideshow at the intersections of West 10th Street and Auto Center Drive attracted more than 100 vehicles and 200 people to participate in and watch the car stunts, spinning and “donuts.”
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Contra Costa County sideshows overnight involved 150 vehicles, police say. Azenith Smith reports
ANTIOCH, Calif. - Massive sideshows involving hundreds of cars and spectators took over the streets of four East Bay cities and they lasted for several hours.
Police said 150 cars and nearly 200 spectators participated in several sideshows Saturday night. They blocked intersections, threw fireworks at patrol cars and fired guns in the air. Police made one arrest and towed more than 20 cars.
Skid marks were clearly visible in the parking lot of the Arco gas station on West 10th Street and Auto Center Drive in Antioch on Sunday.
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Contra Costa County sideshows overnight involved 150 vehicles, police say
By Kathleen Kirkwood
Police say they broke up three major sideshows in Antioch, Brentwood and Oakley Saturday night.
ANTIOCH, Calif. - Police responded overnight to raucous sideshows in four eastern Contra Costa County cities, where spectators threw fireworks at officers and one driver was arrested after crashing a car, police said Sunday.
About 10:45 p.m. Saturday, more than 150 cars gathered in areas around the county, eventually converging at the intersection of W. 10th Street and Auto Center Drive in Antioch. Police said several cars were doing donuts in the intersection and the parking lot of an Arco Gas Station near gas pumps.