Police have arrested a McKeesport man for helping stage a “street takeover” earlier this month in the heart of the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus, where he and others repeatedly spun their vehicles in circles, churning up smoke and scarring Forbes Avenue with tire marks amid dozens of late-night revelers.

Pitt police on Saturday charged Devon Anthony Malter, 23, with 12 counts in connection with the June 20 incident. They included a felony count of rioting, misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment and fleeing police, and three summary counts of reckless driving.

Malter drove his Chevy truck, which displayed an American flag on its tailgate, into the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard around 1 a.m., according to a criminal complaint.

Minutes later, police said an “unusual” number of vehicles did the same, encircling the space and obstructing traffic for what they called a “street takeover.”

Malter drove his truck in a “drifting maneuver,” forcing his rear tires to lose traction and sliding the two-toned vehicle sideways into two full circles in the intersection, the complaint said.

Police said he then drove down Forbes Avenue and circled back toward Pitt’s campus, running a red light at Forbes and Meyran avenues.

At 1:07 a.m., Malter returned to the crowded intersection, which faces the southwest corner of the Cathedral of Learning, and continued drifting in a “reckless” manner, the complaint said.

He spun “in seven complete circles,” police said.

After Malter left the intersection, police said he made a U-turn on Schenley Avenue Extension, near the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s main branch, and drove the wrong way down Forbes Avenue before parking in front of Pitt’s Hillman Library.

Malter took out his cell phone and joined about 30 to 40 other people filming the takeover as a vehicle spun circles around them, the complaint said.

Pitt police said Malter and others fled when officers arrived shortly before 1:20 a.m.

Malter looped back and again drifted his car in three complete circles in the intersection, the complaint said. A Pitt police officer later pulled over Malter’s Chevy, which had Pennsylvania plates, on Dithridge Street, about two blocks away.

The officer “repeatedly ordered (Malter) to shut off the vehicle,” as Malter hung out of the driver’s side window, his hands extended outward, the complaint said. Malter then “leaned back into the truck” and sped away.

A judge arraigned Malter Saturday morning, court records show. He was released on nonmonetary bail.

Malter’s attorney was not listed Tuesday in court records. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 13.