A tow operator lifts one of two electric dirt bikes onto a flatbed truck after being stopped by Watsonville Police
Photo by Tarmo Hannula

A tow operator lifts one of two electric dirt bikes onto a flatbed truck after being stopped by Watsonville Police on Bridge Street Tuesday afternoon. Sgt. Jarrod Pisturino said WPD has received numerous complaints about youths speeding through and around the Vista Montaña housing project off of East Lake Avenue at Bridge Street. When police arrived around 5pm, two teen males sped off on the E-bikes, leading police in patrol cars and a motorcycle on a lengthy, twisting chase around the complex, up and down Bridge Street, onto the Corralitos Creek levee, along sidewalks and around baseball diamonds. WPD eventually caught both of them, took the pair of teens into custody and impounded their bikes that are not legal on public property, roads, public parks or sidewalks.

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Tarmo Hannula has been the lead photographer with The Pajaronian newspaper in Watsonville since 1997. More recently Good Times & Press Banner. He also reports on a wide range of topics, including police, fire, environment, schools, the arts and events. A fifth generation Californian, Tarmo was born in the Mother Lode of the Sierra (Columbia) and has lived in Santa Cruz County since the late 1970s. He earned a BA from UC Santa Cruz and has traveled to 33 countries.

6 COMMENTS

  1. Get all of those punk ass kids riding those Ebikes. Get a dirt bike lazy ass kids.

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  2. I watched this unfold and saw at least 5 times where this chump rider (yes, a chump, your bike is pictured being impounded, probably a skill issue) came within 1-2 feet of small children while at full speed. There were baseball practices, soccer practices, kids on the basketball court, everywhere. Completely unacceptable and worth being charged.

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