Street Takeover Organizer Finds Out, Now Facing Jail Time

We've seen a lot of virtual ink spilled over the whole "street takeover" phenomenon lately, and we've noticed that it's not always easy to find and deal with the people who organize them. But in Ohio, at least one of them is now paying the piper. In Cleveland, a young woman who organized "street takeovers" in September of 2024 and was convicted of disrupting public service and aggravated riot has received her sentence.

 Ashlyn Rogers, the Port Clinton woman who investigators believe orchestrated the Sept. 28-29, 2024, street takeovers in Cleveland, received her sentence in court on Tuesday.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Kira Krivosh sentenced the 23-year-old Rogers to 18 months in prison for disrupting public service, plus a 12 month prison sentence for aggravated riot. Krivosh made the sentences concurrent, meaning Rogers will only serve a total of 18 months. 

She did make a statement before her sentencing:

"I want to express that I take full responsibility for my actions," Rogers told Krivosh prior to her sentencing. "I understand that what I did was wrong, and I deeply regret the choices that led me here. I'm not here to excuse or minimize my actions, but to express my sincere remorse and to take accountability for the harm that was caused by my choices."

Rogers added that since the street takeover, she has undergone individual and group therapy while surrounding herself "with better influences."

"I'm not the same person I was on September 28th, and I hope you can see that I'm working hard and doing everything I can to be better for myself, my family and friends, and for the community," she added.

Miss Rogers had pleaded guilty to the charges in June. In addition to her jail time, she has forfeited a car, a 2020 Infinity Q50, and her cellular phone. When she was arrested last year, the police also found firearms and unnamed "other items" in her home. 

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This is a good thing, of course, even if we could wish for a more stringent sentence. Maybe she's giving up some co-conspirators? The article is mute on that possibility. That's not surprising, although it seems unlikely that one person set all this up on her own.

Here's the thing: These "takeovers" are not just youthful hijinks on the streets of a major city, after all. These street takeovers are treading on insurrection territory, and I don't throw that word around lightly. This is an organized group of people, coordinating their actions to take over a public space in defiance of the legally constituted authority. Imagine if, say, an ambulance carrying a patient suffering from a heart attack wasn't able to get through, and the patient dies - then every single person in this street takeover would and should face homicide charges.

Here is a video, purportedly of the night in question, and the acts of people that we may accurately describe as "idiots."

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