Dirt Bikes Banned On Hopatcong Streets, Police Warn

HOPATCONG, NJ — Dirt bikes are banned on Hopatcong streets, police reminded residents, after they say a local grandfather told police they would have to catch him to get him in any trouble.

On Sunday police received complaints about dirt bikes driving up and down Benjamin Road. A woman walking on the street told police she saw a green dirt bike on the road earlier.

When police found the bike and its owner, the owner said eh and his grandson had driven them up the street to the woods earlier. The officer reminded the grandfather and the boy's mother that dirt bikes should be walked, not driven to the woods, otherwise the bikes could be impounded and summonses could be issues.

"Well you would need to catch me," the grandfather allegedly told police.

Police are asking Benjamin Road residents to report dirt bikes driving in the street.

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