By Sara Beth Williams–
Citrus Heights police said officers on Wednesday encountered several vehicles street racing in the area of Auburn Boulevard and Halifax Street in the middle of the day.
Police reported on social media that while conducting traffic enforcement, motor officers encountered three drivers who were traveling at excessive speeds of “almost 100 mph.” The department shared a photo online of a speedometer that read 97 miles per hour.
Arrest logs show 19-year-old Muzamel Ahmadi from Sacramento was cited Wednesday in Citrus Heights just before noon on charges of reckless driving and “exhibition of speed” or the participation in a speed contest. No other arrests were logged in relation to reckless driving that day.
When asked on Friday why only one arrest had been logged, police said the report had not been finished yet.
“The grand prize for those involved in the race was a 30-day impound of the vehicles and a hefty citation,” the department wrote on social media Thursday, adding that unsafe driving and racing “endangers other members of the community.”
The area of Auburn Boulevard and Halifax Street is situated between the intersections of Auburn Boulevard and Van Maren Lane and Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane. Play Matters Preschool, Arlington Heights Elementary School, and Rindle Ranch Senior Apartment Homes are all in close proximity, according to Google Maps, along with multiple other neighborhoods and businesses.
