Bowling Green police attempted to stop a motorcycle for no visible registration but terminated the pursuit as it entered the university area.
On Tuesday at 7:35 p.m., a Bowling Green Police Division officer observed a motorcycle northbound on North Main Street, swerving through both northbound lanes before turning eastbound onto Ridge Street.
The officer caught up to the motorcycle when it stopped in the South Summit and East Wooster streets intersection. The officer, who saw that the motorcycle did not have a visible registration, activated the in-car camera, according to the police report.
The motorcycle turned eastbound onto East Wooster. The officer followed and activated his cruiser’s overhead lights and siren near Enterprise Street. Two cars ahead of the motorcycle pulled over, at which time the motorcycle illegally passed them. The motorcycle continued eastbound. As the duo approached Manville, the motorcyclist slowed down and turned to look at the officer, at which time he waved in such a manner that led the officer to believe he was instigating a pursuit.
The motorcyclist ran the red light at Wooster and Manville Avenue and again at South College Drive. As he passed Biddle, he rapidly accelerated to over 31 mph then slowed before turning northbound on Mercer, through another red light, then accelerated again. The officer reported a speed of 62 mph.
He accelerated again after turning west onto Merry Avenue. The officer terminated the pursuit but continued to follow the motorcycle.
The officer observed the motorcyclist go through the stop sign on Merry at Willard Drive without stopping and then turn northbound onto North College without stopping at the stop sign. He turned left onto Poe Road and then southbound onto North Main Street, running two red lights.
The officer attempted to close the distance in an attempt to get a closer picture of the motorcycle with the in-car camera, but the motorcyclist accelerated away every time the distance was closed distance, according to the report.
The officer followed the motorcycle to Gypsy Lane Road, at which time he responded to a different call for service.
The motorcycle was a sport bike with black and white markings. The driver appeared to be a white male wearing a gray T-shirt with a large skull with an image with the words “GET WEIRD” underneath, jeans, and a grey helmet with an orange-yellow visor.
