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36 arrested in street racing crackdown

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office used this image in a social media post about illegal street racing.
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via Florida Times-Union
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office used this image in a social media post about illegal street racing.

They drift sideways in empty parking lots at night, making huge circles as tires squeal and rubber smokes.

Other cars spin into lurid smoky burnouts and doughnuts as crowds watch and holler, recording the antics on cellphones, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said.

After about three months of investigating illegal street racing, the Sheriff's Office and Florida Highway Patrol arrested 36 people on various charges and citations that rack up to 631 misdemeanors and felonies, Assistant Chief Jaime Eason said.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner The Florida Times-Union.

Dan Scanlan - Florida Times-Union