CHP Chopper Helps Hercules Police Nab Suspects

HERCULES, CA — A California Highway Patrol helicopter helped Hercules police catch two Richmond men who were illegally riding their dirt bikes Thursday afternoon.

Police responded around 4 p.m. to a report of two dirt bikers in the 300 block of Grissom Street trying to illegally access a hill.

The bikers left but an officer located them on Lupine and Violet roads. The riders failed to yield to a traffic stop and drove the wrong way on Refugio Valley Road where a patrol car blocked their escape, police said.

The police pursuit ended when the riders drove off the paved road and through a park between Beechnut Drive and Coronado Street.

A CHP helicopter overhead followed the dirt bikers until they dumped their bikes and hid in a hillside between Redwood Road and the Hercules Park and Recreation swim center on Refugio Valley Road, police said.

Police arrested Matthew Jensen, 19, and Juan Rivera, 20, for felony evading police.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock