Maybe I’m a curmudgeon, I don’t know. Ok, I am a curmudgeon. Kinda like it, actually. But I don’t think it’s too curmudgeonly to not appreciate one of my fellow citizen’s antics.
For months now, some dude on a motorcycle has been roaring down a street behind my house going insanely fast. It wasn’t just one time, mind you, but a regular basis. I’d be out in my backyard around 6 PM and more often than not this bozo would race down the road at what clearly was unsafe speeds.
The street itself goes from 45 MPH to 35 MPH behind my house. This guy was moving at 60 MPH or more from the sound of his bike. I decided to do something.
I wrote the Garner Police traffic enforcement and told them this guy’s routine. Though I didn’t get a reply from them, I did see them patrolling the street every night for a week. The speeding freak kept a low profile, or so it seemed.
As the weather got warmer our happy biker was out again, doing his thing, but soon his full-throttled engine went silent. Last week, I found out why. This was in my inbox, from Garner’s weekly crime report email:
Thirty-two-year-old Donald Parrish of Raleigh was arrested for driving his motorcycle on Timber Drive at speeds in excess of 80 MPH. A friend of his, Linda Perry of Garner who tried to hide him in her house was charged with Obstructing an Officer. Officers had seen the motorcycle speeding on two different occasions and tried to initiate a vehicle stop, but the driver sped away both times. The officers felt the risks were too high to pursue the motorcycle. Officers did, however see the direction the motorcycle went and were able to gather information from witnesses as to where the motorcycle and driver were located. They found the motorcycle in the backyard of Ms. Perry, but she lied to officers about the location of the driver. Once the driver was located and asked about speeding away from the police, he confessed to the speeding and other charges.
Ha ha, dumbass. You gave it your best shot but no Darwin Award for you. Instead you got what you deserved. I only wish I could’ve been there to see it.
Kudos to the Garner Police department for catching this idiot!