Crime & Safety
Motorcycles Racing Through the Region Lands One with Charges
New Hampshire State Police clocked some going 122 to 132 mph.
A Pembroke man has a court date in September after allegedly racing his motorcycle in and around Manchester last night.
Kyle M. Goff, 21, of Pembroke, was arrested on July 26, and charged with reckless driving and hindering apprehension.
According to the New Hampshire State Police, at around 10 p.m. on July 26, a trooper on I-293 in Manchester observed several motorcycles traveling south on the highway between Granite Street and Queen Avenue at high rates of speed. The trooper caught up with the motorcycles as they entered Bedford and onto the Everett Turnpike. The motorcycles were clocked at between 122 and 132 mph, according to the report.
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The trooper followed the motorcycles as they took Exit 13 onto Raymond Wieczorek Drive and followed them as they continued into Londonderry and through the Manchester Regional Airport complex before getting separated from them.
“Coordinating with other Troopers, they were able to stop one of the motorcycles on South Willow Street near the Mall of New Hampshire,” according to Sgt. L.A.Copponi.
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Goff was then arrested and charged. He is due in Merrimack District Court on Sept. 4.
The investigation is ongoing and state police are looking for any information about the incident. Call Trooper Suttmeier at Troop B in Bedford at 603-666-3333, to report any information.
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