NAUGATUCK — Police have learned of a vehicle meetup planned for Friday night on New Haven Road and are warning people to stay away, officials say.
In a post on Facebook, the Naugatuck Police Department said the possible vehicle meetup is scheduled to occur at the Naugatuck Walmart on New Haven Road at 7 p.m. Friday.
"The business owner in partnership with the Naugatuck Police Department has requested that the public not attend this unsanctioned event," it said. "The business has not given authorization for this meetup."
The department said police officers will have a presence and enforcement action may be taken, adding many vehicle meetups have descended into disorder and general lawlessness.
The meetups, also called street takeovers, have been a big topic in Connecticut over the past month, as several have come with riotous behavior. The unsanctioned events, which have seen racers shut down roads and perform high-speed stunts as crowds of spectators watch, are a problem nationally and drew scrutiny in Connecticut last week when a woman and her husband were accosted while trying to drive through a takeover in Tolland.
Videos of the woman getting out and apparently pleading with a group of young men as they kicked her car and jumped on its roof May 21 circulated on social media. The couple were not physically injured.
In the last week, Connecticut State Police have worked with the FBI to establish a “Connecticut Street Takeover” option on its website and tip line, live-tweeted a motorcycle takeover as it was happening in East Windsor and alerted the public to a planned takeover in Bethany that didn’t materialize.
“The primary mission of the Connecticut State Police is public safety,” state police Sgt. Christine Jeltema said Tuesday. “Based upon the tumultuous behavior exhibited by participants during previous incidents, we are providing the public with advance notice for their safety.”
In a street takeover earlier this month in Meriden, people gathered around a patrol car and gave an officer the middle finger, according to police dash cam footage released Friday.
Over Memorial Day Weekend, police reported two street takeovers, one on Interstate 84 West in Hartford and the other on Interstate 91 South in East Windsor. In the former, drivers blocked traffic in the tunnel, resulting in police issuing several summons and tickets. In the latter, about 20 motorcycles blocked the highway before heading into Hartford.
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