Deputies put a stop to an overnight street takeover that rattled residents of a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood

The madness on the asphalt had tires screeching, fireworks flaring, engines revving and sirens blaring up and down the 1500 block of Southwest 102nd Acenue, at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday.

It was a rude awakening for area residents Ken Varela and Hector Canciano.

“We didn’t know what was happening. Actually, we were scared to come outside,” said Varela.

“At some point, it almost sounded like something was in the house,” said Canciano. “It sounded loud, popping noises. Yeah, almost likeof there was, like, a carnival.”

Canciano said the pandemonium in the wee hours, captured on his Ring doorbell camera, caused him to shoot out of bed.

“My wife and I are in bed, and we start

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