MACON, Ga. — 32 people are in custody and 60 cars have been towed after a street racing bust outside of downtown Macon Sunday night.
The weekly street racing event known as "Sunday Fun-Day" was cut short when Bibb County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State Patrol carried out Operation Street Defender at Carolyn Crayton Park.
"Sunday Fun Day, but we made it a Sunday Sad Day for folks," Sheriff Davis said.
Davis says the park is among several hot spots where people do doughnuts and burnouts.
Sunday, a Georgia State Patrol helicopter hovered overhead and garbage trucks sealed off the back end of the park while deputies moved in from the front.
You could see vans busing dozens to jail.
A total of 32 people were arrested--many under unlawful assembly charges. Under state law, they could face up to a $1,000 fine or up to a year behind bars.
The Sheriff's Office says 17 people were cited.
"People are spinning out, spinning tires, disrupting the park for people who want to have a picnic and do whatever they want to do on a Sunday night," Davis told 13 WMAZ as the operation was being carried out.
60 vehicles in total were impounded, according to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. Davis said several of them are classic muscle cars. Some cars that were towed were abandoned by their owners who left the scene.
Davis said his office has been monitoring street racing in the county throughout the summer. But in the last several weeks, he says his office and the Georgia State Patrol planned out Sunday's operation.
Davis said they plan to have more busts like this one in other hot spots. He said the Sheriff's Office wants to send a message that street racing will not be tolerated.
Folks at Sunday Fun Day had a different message.
"We ain't doing nothing around here, man. We're just trying to have a good time. and What am I doing? Nothing," said a man who was at the event.
"What are all these police out here for... here on Sunday Funday... like we killed somebody. Where they at when the killin' going on?," said Jessica Howard. Howard says she's been to nearly every "Sunday Funday" for the past two years.
The Sheriff's Office says they seized drugs and 14 firearms in the operation. Three of those guns were stolen.
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