Overview
- The case, which began on March 21 when a blue BMW was filmed tailgating cyclists on Pacific Coast Highway, led to the arrest of Samir Sweiss of Corona.
- Newport Beach police say they booked him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and obstructing arrest, and they seized the blue BMW as evidence.
- Video posted by cyclist Luke Fetzer shows the car inches from a rider, the cyclist jumping to the curb to avoid it, and a passenger throwing a water bottle.
- Fetzer and fellow rider Ben Byra report a later face-off in a Shake Shack line where occupants blocked them and made threats, and one bicyclist was taken to a hospital.
- The Orange County District Attorney will decide on prosecution, and police say the investigation is ongoing with no other individuals publicly identified.