LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The interim Louisville Metro Police Chief said on Tuesday officers are dedicated to combating street racing after a weekend of street takeovers that led to four arrests.
Arrest documents listed Ariana Rivera, Jose Cortez Rivera and Marco Rivera Jr. as co-defendants.
Officers said the Air Unit spotted them doing donuts and burnouts in Cox Park late on Sunday, and then followed them to Shively where they were arrested.
Jose is charged with reckless driving, criminal trespassing, operating without a moped license and carrying a concealed weapon.
Ariana is facing criminal trespassing and carrying a concealed weapon charges.
There was no arrest citation connected to Marco's name at the time of this writing.
LMPD shared a couple photos with WHAS11, showing the two cars and the guns they confiscated over the weekend following that incident at Cox Park.
Other video from the weekend captured a takeover at the intersection of New Cut Road and Kenwood Drive.
Under a metro ordinance, officers can seize the vehicles of people participating and blocking the streets.
During a news conference on Tuesday, interim Chief Paul Humphrey had a message for drivers.
"When we get information it's going to happen, we're going to be out there in force, we are going to make sure we seize these cars, we take people to jail, we write citations, we seize their guns, and we make sure it is unacceptable and they know they're not going to get away with it," he said.
Humphrey added they don't have to catch people in the act; the ordinance gives them up to a year to identify participants and seize their vehicles.
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