Photo of parking batch astatine Beach Boulevard adjacent Atlantic Boulevard.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4JAX I-TEAM is investigating much complaints astir car groups that are damaging ample parking tons astir the Jacksonville area.

The latest ailment comes from Beach Boulevard, conscionable eastbound of wherever the roadworthy splits with Atlantic Boulevard. The portion promenade parking batch is older and mostly abandoned. Tire tracks tin beryllium seen each implicit the lot.

Sara Siron said the dependable successful her flat analyzable crossed the thoroughfare from Beach Boulevard is capable to support her up precocious astatine night.

“I deliberation it’s dangerous. Absolutely, insanely dangerous. And disturbing. It goes connected until 2 o’clock successful the morning,” Siron said.

For months, the I-TEAM has papers car groups gathering successful parking tons astir the metropolis -- typically astatine the mostly vacant buying halfway astatine Beach Boulevard and Schumacher Avenue.

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Photo of skid marks successful parking batch astatine Beach Boulevard and Schumacher Avenue.

In summation to tons connected Beach Boulevard, News4JAX has received reports of akin scenes successful the Argyle Forest country and different adjacent the Regency Square Mall.

Siron said she’s seen them not conscionable doing doughnuts successful her portion of town, and she’s seen erstwhile constabulary arrive.

“They were busting it up. Before that, yeah, they were having a hellhole of a time,” Siron said. “They don’t lone bash doughnuts, they resistance contention up and down.

One of the archetypal reports the I-TEAM received was precocious past twelvemonth erstwhile video circulated of a car doing doughnuts adjacent constabulary office successful Downtown Jacksonville.

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Crime and information adept Ken Jefferson has warned spot owners not to prosecute these car clubs, but to telephone constabulary oregon higher off-duty officers to show parking lots.

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