2 arrested, 2 police cars damaged at car meetup in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Two men were arrested and two police cars were damaged after officers responded to a car meetup in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood Saturday night, authorities said.
At around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Philadelphia police were called to break up a large crowd driving recklessly at a car meetup near the intersection of Torresdale and Adams avenues.
Police said while breaking up the crowd, a patrol car was hit by another car driven by 19-year-old Chase Possert, of Hamilton, New Jersey, who was trying to leave the area. Authorities arrested Possert on criminal mischief, institutional vandalism, resisting arrest, fleeing police, reckless driving and careless driving charges, officials said.
Possert's car had four other 17-year-old occupants inside, who received citations and were released, police said.
Thirty-three-year-old David Wyche, of West Norriton, Pennsylvania, was also arrested and charged with recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct-hazard and reckless driving after police said he was allegedly drag racing in a 2023 grey Dodge Charger at the same location.
"This is something that the city is just not going to tolerate," Inspector D F Pace said Saturday night. "This has the potential to be incredibly dangerous and catastrophic both for the participants and innocent bystanders. We are going to do everything we possibly can to eradicate this type of activity."
While some of the cars sustained damage, police said no officers or people involved were injured.
Another police patrol car was damaged after someone threw a bottle of tequila at the hood of the car and cracked the windshield, authorities said.
Northeast Detectives are investigating the incident.
