{"id":252345,"date":"2026-05-04T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=252345"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:05:23","slug":"five-arrested-after-car-hits-police-vehicle-at-dekalb-street-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=252345","title":{"rendered":"Five arrested after car hits police vehicle at DeKalb street takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five people were arrested early Sunday after a car struck a police vehicle during an illegal street takeover on Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What happened:<\/strong> Police got a call about a street takeover at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the 2600 block of Bouldercrest Road. When officers showed up, people at the scene tried to leave. One car hit a police vehicle while driving away. Officers caught up with that car at a nearby gas station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who was arrested:<\/strong> All five people in the car were arrested and taken to DeKalb County Jail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18-year-old Isaac Ayes faces charges of fleeing and eluding police, hit and run, improper lane change, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, and taking part in a street takeover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18-year-old Joana Martinez, 18-year-old Camilla Marquez, 20-year-old Jhonatan Vega, and 17-year-old Antonio Brazil each face a charge of taking part in a street takeover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s important:<\/strong> A street takeover is when a group blocks off a road or parking lot so drivers can perform dangerous stunts. Georgia law makes taking part in one a crime. Fleeing and eluding means a driver kept going after police tried to pull them over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s still unknown:<\/strong> It is not clear whether anyone was hurt, including the officer whose vehicle was struck. The condition of the police vehicle was not reported. It is also unclear whether the 17-year-old will be charged as a juvenile or as an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The path forward:<\/strong> All five face criminal charges. Under Georgia law, a street takeover charge is a misdemeanor on a first offense, but other charges in this case, including hit and run and fleeing and eluding, carry heavier penalties. All five are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five people were arrested early Sunday after a car struck a police vehicle during an illegal street takeover on Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb County. What happened: Police got a call about a street takeover at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the 2600 block of Bouldercrest Road. When officers showed up, people at the scene tried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":248075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[22904],"class_list":["post-252345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-street-takeover","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}