All-terrain vehicle rider takes Ashtabula police on foot chase

Written by The Star Beacon

Friday, April 10, 2009

Shelley Terry

A man on an all-terrain vehicle took police on a foot chase Thursday night, according to police reports.

Patrolman Adam Simons first spotted the vehicle on Samuel Avenue and Perryville Place, heading toward Woodman Avenue, and he took chase, police reports said.

“You are not allowed to ride four-wheelers on the road,” Detective Sgt. Joseph Cellitti said. “Plus, we’ve had an influx of stolen vehicles.”

Simons followed the ATV to the greenhouses on Woodman Avenue, from which the driver fled north on the bike trail, Cellitti said.

Another officer arrived. Cellitti and the other officer pursued the ATV driver on the trail. Then the ATV driver fled to the railroad tracks, Cellitti said.

About this time, an Ashtabula County sheriff’s deputy arrived on the scene to help the locate the ATV driver. He discovered the driver on Sanborn Road, where he crashed the ATV into a pole and fled on foot, reports show.

The deputy and the officers were unable to locate the driver, but took possession of the ATV, reports show.

Police on Friday were looking into whether the vehicle was stolen.

Police will be on the lookout for stolen ATVs and people riding them on public roads, Cellitti said.

Anyone having information on stolen ATVs should call the police (440 992-7172).

Source: http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_100202001.html

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