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More than 400 arrested after chaotic July 4 crowds overwhelm Newport Beach

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Police arrested more than 400 people during Fourth of July celebrations on the Balboa Peninsula after thousands of juveniles and young adults flooded the area, city officials announced Sunday. Some 350 personnel from the Newport Beach Police Department along with 17 other regional law enforcement ag…

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    More than 400 arrested during Fourth of July celebrations in Newport Beach (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    More than 400 arrests were made during Fourth of July celebrations in Newport Beach, officials said Sunday afternoon. According to the city of Newport Beach, 402 people were arrested from midnight Friday through 6 a.m. Sunday, compared to 60 arrests during the same period last year.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Fireworks and fights: Hundreds arrested at Fourth of July celebration in Newport Beach (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Eyewitness footage shows police charging into beach crowds — which appear to be made up of mostly teens.

  3. NBC Los Angeles

    ‘It was a mad house.' How 400 people ended up getting arrested in Newport Beach on Fourth of July (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Newport Beach authorities explained Monday how police ended up arresting more than 400 people when the city’s Fourth of July celebrations turned dangerous and chaotic. The arrested, many of whom are from other Southern California counties and from out of state, crashed the annual Independence Day ev…

  4. Foxla

    More than 400 arrested after chaotic July 4 crowds overwhelm Newport Beach (opens Foxla)

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    Police arrested more than 400 people during Fourth of July celebrations on the Balboa Peninsula after thousands of juveniles and young adults flooded the area, city officials announced Sunday. Some 350 personnel from the Newport Beach Police Department along with 17 other regional law enforcement ag…

  5. Breitbart News

    Hundreds Arrested After Fireworks Thrown into Crowds at Newport Beach July 4 Celebration (opens Breitbart News)

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    Hundreds of people were reportedly arrested after fights, disruptive crowds, and fireworks thrown into crowds that included police officers prompted a large law enforcement response during a July 4 celebration on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California.

  6. AL.com

    A California holiday tradition suddenly spiraled into chaos with 402 arrests (opens AL.com)

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    More than 400 people were arrested after a chaotic Fourth of July celebration in Newport Beach, California.

  7. New York Post

    Half of the Newport Beach 4th of July rioters called this surprising location home (opens New York Post)

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    Newport Beach’s chaotic Fourth of July weekend wasn’t fueled by locals after all. Police data shows the overwhelming majority of the hundreds of people arrested or cited during the holiday mayhem on the Balboa Peninsula came from outside the affluent beach city — with many traveling from other parts…

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