2 men, teen arrested after drive-by encounter in Northeast Philadelphia, police say

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Two men and a teenager were arrested Sunday evening during a drive-by rally in Northeast Philadelphia that included about 200 people and 100 vehicles, police said.

The incident happened in the 500 block of Adams Avenue in the city's Lawncrest neighborhood shortly before 7:45 p.m. Sunday.

Alex Collins, 18 of Honey Brook, Chester County, and James Campitelli, 19 of Douglasville, Berks County, along with a 16-year-old juvenile were charged with criminal conspiracy, failure to disperse and other offenses consecutive. the meeting by car, according to police.

Police said an officer surrounded by the car tried to disperse the crowd of hundreds of people on Adams Avenue.

After that, police said a juvenile blocked a responding officer by standing in front of the car, leaning on the hood and “signaling with his finger that officers would not be allowed to pass.” “.

Police said the juvenile then ran and got into a gray Infiniti G35 that Collins was driving.

Collins, Campitelli and the 16-year-old were all arrested after trying to flee the parking lot, police said.