With naïve calls for the understanding of the needs of the Bikers and others type riders to exercise their right to enjoy off-road pleasures at the expense of tax-paying citizens at one extreme, and angry calls for criminalizing what they do at the other extreme, sanity prevailed when the Boston Police seized 11 dirt bikes, mopeds and ATVs over the weekend in a crackdown to curb “reckless” off-roading until the solution could be addressed and agreed upon by City of Boston officials. Bottom Line- “Serving and Protecting prevailed”.
The vehicles were confiscated “as part of our ongoing efforts to address public safety complaints and quality-of-life concerns relative to large groups of recreational vehicles including dirt bikes, ATV’s, mopeds and motor scooters being driven around the city in a reckless and irresponsible manner,” police said.
(by BPD News)
As part of our ongoing efforts to address public safety complaints and quality of life concerns relative to large groups of recreational vehicles including dirt bikes, ATV’s, mopeds and motor scooters being driven around the city in a reckless and irresponsible manner, members of the BPD’s Auto Theft Unit seized eleven off road vehicles over this past weekend.
At about 7:46 PM on Sunday May 16, 2021, officers observed two dirt bikes and an ATV in the area of Norfolk Street and Morton Street operating in an unsafe manner while in clear violation of the ordinance relating to the operation of recreational vehicles within the City of Boston. The officers later located the offending vehicles as they were being loaded into an awaiting rental box truck behind Saint Matthew’s Parish Church in the area of 33 Stanton Street in Dorchester. The two dirt bikes and ATV were seized and towed away from the scene. The lone suspect remaining on scene, an adult male from Haverhill, will be cited and summonsed for his violations of the Auto Laws and associated City Ordinances.
At about 9:06 PM on Sunday May, 16, 2021, officers seized eight recreational and off-road vehicles following a traffic stop which was conducted as part of an investigation by the BPD Auto Theft Unit in the area of 27 Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester. The officers were in the area in response to the overwhelming number of community complaints regarding the operation of off road and recreational vehicles within our neighborhoods when they stopped a rental box truck in connection to their efforts. As a result, officers seized and towed the rental truck along with eight dirt bikes and mopeds which were being stored in the back at the time of the stop. Officers will summons two adult male suspects from Lawrence as part of this ongoing investigation on charges relating to the MA Auto Laws, related offenses and City Ordinances.
Community members with information relative to the storage or reckless operation of these recreational vehicles who wish to assist in these investigations anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463). The Boston Police Department will stringently guard and protect the identities of all those who wish to assist this investigation in an anonymous manner.
