{"id":30101,"date":"2025-08-04T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=30101"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:35:00","slug":"maryland-car-rally-task-force-dismantles-eight-car-rallies-three-arrests-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2025\/08\/04\/maryland-car-rally-task-force-dismantles-eight-car-rallies-three-arrests-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Car Rally Task Force Dismantles Eight Car Rallies; Three Arrests Made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(PIKESVILLE, MD) \u2013<\/strong> Multiple large-scale illegal car rallies were dismantled and three arrests were made by members of the Maryland Car Rally Task Force and partner law enforcement agencies on Saturday in Prince George\u2019s and Montgomery counties.<\/p>\n

Those arrested include William Reese, 24, of Catonsville, Oscar Rodriguez, 20, of Lanham and Jose Capistran-Lopez, 21, of Silver Spring. Reese is charged with unlawful possession of a loaded handgun in vehicle. Rodriguez is charged with disorderly conduct, malicious destruction of property, and exhibition driving. Capistran-Lopez is charged with leaving the scene of a property damage crash, failure to control speed to avoid a collision, exhibition driving, negligent driving, and other traffic-related charges. All three were transported to the Prince George\u2019s County Detention Center.<\/p>\n

This proactive, coordinated enforcement effort focused on public roads, industrial zones and parking lots throughout Prince George\u2019s and Montgomery counties. The dismantling operation started at 12 a.m. on Saturday, August 2 and included eight large-scale illegal exhibition driving events.\u00a0 High visibility enforcement and patrols were conducted throughout the region preventing crowds of up to 400 participants from engaging in exhibition driving, disorderly behavior and roadway shutdowns at the following locations:<\/p>\n

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The Maryland Car Rally Task Force is comprised of the Maryland State Police, and police departments from Prince George\u2019s, Montgomery, Howard, Baltimore counties, Baltimore City and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police.\u00a0This collaborative effort remains vital in addressing illegal exhibition driving throughout the state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jose Capistran-Lopez<\/p>\n

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Oscar Rodriguez\u00a0<\/p>\n

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William Reese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(PIKESVILLE, MD) \u2013 Multiple large-scale illegal car rallies were dismantled and three arrests were made by members of the Maryland Car Rally Task Force and partner law enforcement agencies on Saturday in Prince George\u2019s and Montgomery counties. Those arrested include William Reese, 24, of Catonsville, Oscar Rodriguez, 20, of Lanham and Jose Capistran-Lopez, 21, of  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30101"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31057,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30101\/revisions\/31057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}