Rushdan Abdallah’s videos on YouTube have been viewed by millions and offer an up-close glimpse of car culture in Southern California: getting caught in the middle of a police chase, sampling new vehicle models and street racing with other drivers as the camera rolls (the odometer blurred).
But in December, Abdallah's page – with more than 220,000 subscribers – abruptly went dormant. After weeks without new videos, Abdallah said he “had to make an update” and revealed what was going on: Police had recently arrived at his Lake Forest residence with a search warrant.