Boy, 12, and woman quizzed in Hartlepool Police crackdown on off-road bike menaces

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A 12-year-old boy and a 26-year-old woman are under investigation for allegedly committing offences while riding off-road bikes.

The youth was stopped and taken home to his family after he was said to be riding in an anti-social manner and without wearing protective clothing or a helmet.

Following the incident in Hartlepool on Monday, February 3, the bike has been seized and the boy “has been reported for driving offences”.

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Hartlepool Neighbourhood Sergeant Chris Phelan said afterwards that intelligence from the public and proactive patrols were allowing police to act against individuals who “terrorise the community with off road bikes”.

A police picture of a bike seized after a woman was arrested on suspicion of motoring offences.A police picture of a bike seized after a woman was arrested on suspicion of motoring offences.
A police picture of a bike seized after a woman was arrested on suspicion of motoring offences.

In a separate incident on Tuesday, February 4, officers arrested a 26-year-old woman after following the Balaclava-clad rider of an off-road bike between the town’s Raby Road and Fieldfare Road.

Cleveland Police said in a statement: “She has been reported for summons for disqualified driving, driving without insurance and driving without due care and attention and will be summoned directly to court.”

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