OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says a group of young riders recently rode electric dirt bikes through downtown Omaha and a west Douglas County neighborhood in an incident deputies are calling a “takeover.”
Video shows riders weaving through traffic
The sheriff’s office posted video on Tuesday morning and shared it on social media. The sheriff said the video shows riders weaving into oncoming traffic, popping wheelies and almost tipping over backwards.
Sheriff Aaron Hanson said the office is drawing a hard line on the activity.
“We’ve had young people hurt and killed in our community by operating off-road vehicles on our public roads, and we just don’t want to sustain any more,” Hanson said…