Dallas
Old bulletproof tiger
- Messages
- 11,515
- Reaction score
- 3
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/849423.html
Mystery driver hasn’t registered bike, which was previously totaled
By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com
Published: June 30th, 2009 07:56 PM
Last Modified: June 30th, 2009 10:22 PM
Police are on the lookout for a rogue motorcyclist on a speedy yellow machine spotted zipping down city streets in recent months at speeds exceeding 100 mph and, on occasion, leaving pursuing officers in the distance.
The driver of the Suzuki has, in separate incidents, nearly plowed into cops, spun around toward pursuing officers and sped past them in the opposite direction, and at an estimated 130 mph left officers behind, according to police.
"Patrol is looking for him left and right because the second he sees officers, whether they actually initiate a stop or not, he's off. He's off like a shot," police Lt. Dave Parker said. "He's getting crazy dangerous."
Police won't pursue him at those speeds because of the danger, and he knows it, said patrol officer Patrick Roberts, who encountered the driver this weekend. So cops, betting they'll win in a foot race, are hoping he's as cocky off the road as he is on and that someone will turn him in.
"There's no doubt that he has bragged about it," Roberts said. "No doubt. Because you just can't do that so many times and not say something to someone."
Police think the bike is a 999cc 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000, capable of hitting speeds exceeding 170 mph. Its former owner totaled it in 2005, Parker said. Its current owner apparently got it from a junkyard and reconstructed it but never got it reregistered, he said.
Police first documented the biker April 23, when he took off south on Gambell Street from 15th Avenue, dodging a pursuing cop at speeds well exceeding the 77 mph the officer paced him at, ducking into the Sears Mall parking lot, slowing down, then bolting back out to the highway, Roberts said.
There have been other reports of the biker driving recklessly on the Glenn Highway, speeding and swerving in and out of traffic, he said. In early June, he nearly swiped an off-duty cop driving his personal car, he said.
Alaska State Troopers had a run-in with the biker June 8, when an officer looking for another vehicle saw it fly by near Mile 33 on the Glenn, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said.
"His radar, he said, started 'screaming' at him and he looked up and he didn't see any cars that were speeding. And then all of a sudden the motorcycle just went flying by at roughly 90 mph," Peters said. "The trooper said he turned on his lights and he got on the road. The motorcyclist turned around, looked at him and then took off even faster."
Troopers chased him into Palmer and onto Inner Springer Loop, she said. As officers were driving the road, scouting for him, the motorcyclist sped out a side street, nearly hitting a trooper. The biker lost his balance but regained it and sped off to the Glenn, heading back to Anchorage, Peters said.
On Sunday, Roberts encountered the biker near Arctic Boulevard and Chugach Way. The man was going more than 60 mph when Roberts tried to pull him over. The man turned east onto 36th Avenue.
"When he made the turn, I was behind it and he gunned it in excess of 100 mph," Roberts said.
The biker weaved through traffic at 36th and C Street, ran through the red light to turn south on C, he said. That was the last time Roberts saw him.
"He's going to kill somebody, that's my concern," Roberts said. "He's probably going to kill himself, because he's tempting fate every time he does this."
The driver is described as a white man who wears a red, white and black helmet. Anyone with information on the identity of the driver or the bike, which has the license plate 6987RP, is asked to call police at 786-8900 or Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Let me age myself. This story reminds me of this movie...
:laugh2:
Mystery driver hasn’t registered bike, which was previously totaled
By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com
Published: June 30th, 2009 07:56 PM
Last Modified: June 30th, 2009 10:22 PM
Police are on the lookout for a rogue motorcyclist on a speedy yellow machine spotted zipping down city streets in recent months at speeds exceeding 100 mph and, on occasion, leaving pursuing officers in the distance.
The driver of the Suzuki has, in separate incidents, nearly plowed into cops, spun around toward pursuing officers and sped past them in the opposite direction, and at an estimated 130 mph left officers behind, according to police.
"Patrol is looking for him left and right because the second he sees officers, whether they actually initiate a stop or not, he's off. He's off like a shot," police Lt. Dave Parker said. "He's getting crazy dangerous."
Police won't pursue him at those speeds because of the danger, and he knows it, said patrol officer Patrick Roberts, who encountered the driver this weekend. So cops, betting they'll win in a foot race, are hoping he's as cocky off the road as he is on and that someone will turn him in.
"There's no doubt that he has bragged about it," Roberts said. "No doubt. Because you just can't do that so many times and not say something to someone."
Police think the bike is a 999cc 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000, capable of hitting speeds exceeding 170 mph. Its former owner totaled it in 2005, Parker said. Its current owner apparently got it from a junkyard and reconstructed it but never got it reregistered, he said.
Police first documented the biker April 23, when he took off south on Gambell Street from 15th Avenue, dodging a pursuing cop at speeds well exceeding the 77 mph the officer paced him at, ducking into the Sears Mall parking lot, slowing down, then bolting back out to the highway, Roberts said.
There have been other reports of the biker driving recklessly on the Glenn Highway, speeding and swerving in and out of traffic, he said. In early June, he nearly swiped an off-duty cop driving his personal car, he said.
Alaska State Troopers had a run-in with the biker June 8, when an officer looking for another vehicle saw it fly by near Mile 33 on the Glenn, troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said.
"His radar, he said, started 'screaming' at him and he looked up and he didn't see any cars that were speeding. And then all of a sudden the motorcycle just went flying by at roughly 90 mph," Peters said. "The trooper said he turned on his lights and he got on the road. The motorcyclist turned around, looked at him and then took off even faster."
Troopers chased him into Palmer and onto Inner Springer Loop, she said. As officers were driving the road, scouting for him, the motorcyclist sped out a side street, nearly hitting a trooper. The biker lost his balance but regained it and sped off to the Glenn, heading back to Anchorage, Peters said.
On Sunday, Roberts encountered the biker near Arctic Boulevard and Chugach Way. The man was going more than 60 mph when Roberts tried to pull him over. The man turned east onto 36th Avenue.
"When he made the turn, I was behind it and he gunned it in excess of 100 mph," Roberts said.
The biker weaved through traffic at 36th and C Street, ran through the red light to turn south on C, he said. That was the last time Roberts saw him.
"He's going to kill somebody, that's my concern," Roberts said. "He's probably going to kill himself, because he's tempting fate every time he does this."
The driver is described as a white man who wears a red, white and black helmet. Anyone with information on the identity of the driver or the bike, which has the license plate 6987RP, is asked to call police at 786-8900 or Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Let me age myself. This story reminds me of this movie...
