- Aurora Police arrested one rider after a group of dirt bikes and ATVs fled.
- Department’s social media post lumped e-bikes in with off-road motorcycles.
- Colorado law defines legal e-bikes very differently from the machines in the video.
Nationwide, a trend is starting to take off in all the wrong ways. Citizens are hopping onto dirt bikes, ATVs, and electric motorcycles and treating roads like their personal motocross track. Over the weekend, the trend made its way to Colorado, where police moved in, lost most of the participants, and managed to arrest one. The department also happened to lump e-bike riders in with this group of scofflaws.
According to Aurora PD, officers spotted a group riding dirt bikes, four-wheelers, and what the department described as “e-bikes” along East Colfax. Police said the riders were popping wheelies, weaving through traffic, and ignoring traffic signals before fleeing from officers. With help from city cameras, officers tracked the group to a gas station, where most of the riders escaped. One did not.
Police arrested 30-year-old Noel Loya Payan, who now faces charges including careless driving, obstruction, weaving, failure to obey traffic signals, and operating an off-highway vehicle on a public road. Aurora PD also said Payan had an outstanding warrant from Northglenn…