🌱 Patch AM: Massive Street Takeover Bust In Medford Sees 15 Rounded Up, 7 Vehicles Seized: Police

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• Police bust late-night street takeover at busy Medford intersection

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📰 News we're reading

• Massive Street Takeover Bust In Medford Sees 15 Rounded Up, 7 Vehicles Seized: Police (patch.com) — Medford residents are learning more about a major early-morning street takeover that shut down Sawgrass Drive near Woodside Avenue, where police say drivers performed dangerous stunts and blocked traffic. Suffolk's Street Takeover Task Force tracked the group across several towns before moving in at the Medford location, arresting 15 people, impounding seven vehicles, and issuing numerous traffic tickets.
   

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