Two charged after sideshow interrupts IShowSpeed livestream

Two people, Axel Cisnerosmentos and Aron Anaya, were charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office with organizing and facilitating a sideshow and with aiding and abetting a speed contest after a Nov. 25, 2025 livestream by Darren Watkins Jr., known online as IShowSpeed. Their arraignment is scheduled for May 27 at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland. Prosecutors say Watkins has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

The event began when Watkins stopped at Hyphy Burger on West Grand Avenue near Market Street during his Speed Does America tour. Hundreds of fans quickly gathered on the block, fireworks were set off, lowrider cars arrived and people chanted. Several drivers performed donuts in the intersection while members of the crowd ran toward moving vehicles. Watkins and his team moved to the restaurant rooftop to get out of the crush. On the livestream he asked, “Why are they running to the car… are they stupid?” He and his team later left the rooftop but were surrounded by fans seeking photos as they tried to depart.

Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson wrote that “Sideshows are not harmless gatherings.” The office warned that such events often cause vandalism, reckless driving, injuries and property damage and that organizers, promoters and facilitators will be held accountable.

The charges come amid increased enforcement of illegal street takeovers in the Bay Area. Earlier this month, Oakland police, the San Francisco Police Department and the California Highway Patrol conducted an operation on the Bay Bridge that resulted in the seizure of 77 dirt bikes and ATVs and nine arrests. Oakland enacted a sideshow ordinance in June 2023 making organization of a sideshow a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail or a $1,000 fine; officials say the law has been used more frequently during recent enforcement efforts.

Crowd-control problems have followed Watkins on multiple stops of the national tour. Large groups trailed him in San Francisco and a police stop in Dallas prompted authorities to consider rioting charges earlier in the tour. At prior stops, fans damaged property, including smashed restaurant windows and a dock that collapsed after people rushed toward it. Watkins has publicly criticized fans who drive near his tour bus. After the Oakland incident he continued producing content, completed a Caribbean tour and later acknowledged that some reported viewership numbers had been inflated by viewbots.

The May 27 arraignment is the next scheduled court appearance connected to the Oakland sideshow. Prosecutors have not announced any additional charges.