The Huntington Beach Police Department issued a warning to organizers and anyone planning to attend an upcoming “takeover” event.
“Similar events elsewhere have resulted in violence, vandalism, assaults, thefts, and other criminal activity. We have no intention of allowing that to happen here,” officers wrote in an Instagram post.
The warning comes after police arrested more than 400 people during an unruly Fourth of July celebration in nearby Newport Beach. Huntington Beach PD said detectives from its Special Investigations Bureau have identified potential organizers and promoters of the event…