4 Arrested After Wild Thanksgiving BMX Ride at Splish Splash: Police

CALVERTON, NY – Four BMX bikers have been arrested after a wild ride on Thanksgiving at Splish Splash that took the internet by storm.

According to Riverhead Town Police, Jonathan Nemecek, 25, of Lindenhurst, William Perry, 22, of West Islip, Anthony Panza, 19, of Lindenhurst, and Brian A. Chliek, 34, of Bayport, were arrested and charged with third-degree criminal trespass.

Police said eight men entered the water park on Thanksgiving at 8 a.m. and rode BMX bikes on numerous water slides in the closed park.

Riverhead Police Department's COPE unit conducted an investigation into the incident, resulting in the four arrests, police said.

The incident is still under investigation, and anyone with information should call Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500, police said.

A video taken by one of the joyriders made a splash on the internet: Almost 6.5 million people have watched a 15-minute YouTube video that was posted by Billy Perry, one of the BMX riders.

At the start of the video, Perry, who is 21, according to his YouTube profile, says from a car on the way to the Calverton park that the day is "going to be insane, if we don't get arrested. Hopefully we don't get arrested."

Later, he wrote on YouTube: "We talked about sneaking in and riding this waterpark for years. Thanksgiving day came and it was finally time to head out at 6 AM in hopes of riding the waterpark and not getting arrested. The day was absolutely insane and then we got spotted by security."

Perry has a substantial following on YouTube and frequently posts videos of himself and his friends biking, mainly in New York City.

Photo courtesy of YouTube