A cruiser was set on fire in Boston . Fireworks were fired at a police cruiser in Randolph . A Dodge Charger drove at an officer in Middleborough.

These incidents occurred over the weekend, part of what officials are calling large-scale “takeovers,” which are coordinated efforts to shut down streets with personal cars and barriers for “doughnuts” and street racing.

Officials have not connected all three events as being part of the same group as of Monday afternoon.

In Boston, two teenagers from Rhode Island were arraigned in connection with the street takeover that set a police cruiser on fire after being hit with fireworks from multiple angles.

Julian Bowers, 18, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and William Cantwell, 19, of Warwick, Rhode Island, were among the 100-plus people who g

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