Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025, police officers were on mobile patrol on Front Street, City of Hamilton when they observed a motorcycle travelling at speed in easterly direction out of the city.

Officers activated their emergency equipment and followed the motorcycle and instructed the rider to stop. The subject, a male, complied and switched off the bike engine.

However, as an officer exited the police vehicle to approach the rider, he switched the engine on and sped off along Crow Lane headed back into the city.

Officers activated their emergency equipment in pursuit of the rider who rode along Spurling Hill, and made an illegal right turn onto Cavendish Road. As officers reached the junction of Middle Road and Montpelier Road, they observed the same motorcycle with its engine still running and laying on the roadway.

A search of the area for the rider was unsuccessful. A subsequent check confirmed the bike which was removed to the police impound, had previously been reported stolen.

An arrest in relation to this matter is imminent.

Meanwhile, around midnight on Saturday, February 22, 2025, officers were on mobile patrol on North Shore Road, Flatt’s when they observed, with a male motorcycle rider in the parking lot of the nearby Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

As the officers approached the rider sped off west along Middle Road. Officers followed the cycle onto Vesey Street, Loyal Hill Pass and left onto North Shore Road towards Pembroke.

The rider eventually abandoned the bike near the junction of Palmetto Road and Parsons Road and fled on foot north towards North Shore Road making good his escape.

Checks revealed this bike had also previously been reported stolen.