Motorcyclist Arrested After Ride Through Belleville ShopRite

BELLEVILLE, NJ — Belleville police arrested an 18-year-old motorcyclist after he allegedly took a high-speed ride through the parking lot of a local ShopRite, tried to shake pursuing officers and crashed into a parked car last month.

According to the Belleville Police Department, an officer patrolling Washington Avenue around 11:26 a.m. on July 16 saw a male riding a motorcycle with no license plates “at a high rate of speed” through the grocery store’s parking lot.

When officers tried to pull him over, the rider – later identified as Alqamah Muhammad, 18, of East Orange – allegedly attempted to flee by speeding between a car and a shopping cart stall, authorities said.

Muhammad then struck a parked car, jumped off the bike and fled the scene on foot, police said. He was apprehended after a short chase.

After his apprehension, officers found that Muhammad was on PTI “for other offenses” at the time of the incident, authorities said. Police charged Muhammad with resisting arrest by flight and contempt of court. He was also issued seven motor vehicle summonses.

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