Dashcam Video: Women Swarm Ohio Police Cruiser, Twerk on Hood
Richmond Heights police used facial recognition technology to identify two suspects who were part of a group of roughly 10 women who surrounded a cruiser and danced on the vehicle's hood.
July 14, 2025
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Richmond Heights police used facial recognition technology to identify women who were caught in dashboard footage twerking on a cruiser.
A group of roughly 10 women swarmed a cruiser in a parking lot, and three women climbed on the hood to dance and twerk, damaging the vehicle.
Two suspects are charged with rioting and criminal damaging.
By Andy Attina
Source cleveland.com
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OH — Officers drove through the Parallel Lounge parking lot at Hilltop Plaza around 2 a.m. June 29 to assist patrons with exiting the business at closing time.
As they did, a group of approximately 10 women swarmed an officer’s cruiser as it drove slowly through the lot.
Three of the women got onto the hood of the cruiser and began dancing and twerking.
Another officer approached to assist, and all the women fled in different directions into much larger crowds of people.
The dancers damaged the hood of the cruiser.
Dash camera footage of the incident was reviewed and facial recognition technology led to the identification of two of the women.
The Cleveland Heights woman, 23, and East Cleveland woman, 21, are being charged with rioting and criminal damaging.