Police use drone to catch teen driver eating donuts in Tracy

TRACY – Cars doing donuts at an intersection in the Tracy neighborhood forced homeowners to go to police.

A driver was arrested for reckless driving and his car was impounded. This driver was arrested nearly two weeks ago after eating donuts on Crossroads and Greystone Drives.

But neighbors said it was a bigger problem than just one person. Various tire markings can still be seen at the intersection, and neighbors say there are several cars doing the same thing.

“I have a little one sleeping right here on this busy street,” Amaen Singh said.

Singh lives near the intersection and is fed up. He said he hears and sees the reckless driving all the time.

“It’s been happening since I moved here,” he said. “Every day, several times a day.”

Drone video taken on the morning of Nov. 21 shows a 19-year-old driving a black Cadillac and eating donuts, Tracy police said.

“Residents in this area have been calling,” said Kaylin Heefner, public information officer for Tracy PD.

For at least three days in a row, neighbors repeatedly called the police and described the same black Cadillac eating donuts at the same intersection.

“They continued to occur around the same time every morning,” she said.

One morning the driver returned, but this time, unbeknownst to him, he was being watched. A police drone recorded his every move.

“We use our drones a lot. We have used them in the past for reckless driving,” Heefner said.

Singh said he’s already noticed things are quieter since the arrest, but he believes there are more reckless drivers out there.

“It’s not just the one guy they’re targeting, it’s not just one guy,” Singh told CBS 13. “That was just a portion of the situation, maybe only five percent of it, but there’s a whole lot of people , who come here every day.”

He believes the city can solve the problem.

“Speed ​​stopper or whatever, a little bump because they’re so comfortable here,” Singh said. “And they just do donuts, like sideshows.”

Police urged neighbors to come forward at any time if they see or hear anyone trying to put new markings at the intersection.

“The community is contacting our non-emergency numbers and letting us know that this is happening,” Heefner said, confirming what sparked this raid.

The driver was charged with reckless driving and his car was impounded for at least 30 days.

According to police, returning the car after this month could cost more than $3,000, possibly as much as $4,000.