Bikie to be extradited over car yard robbery -
ABC Online - A 26-year-old man is expected to be extradited from
Perth to New South Wales tomorrow over a robbery at a Sydney car yard.
Police say Bachiri Fakhiri was one of 13 men who walked into the yard in
Liverpool in February and locked three staff in the boots of two cars
before driving off with 12 vehicles.
Officers arrested a 27-year-old man in Liverpool last month.
The head of the Gangs Squad, Mal Lanyon, says both men are members of
the Commancheros bikie gang.
Mr Fakhiri appeared in a Perth court on Saturday, where NSW police were
granted an extradition order.
He will be extradited to NSW tomorrow to appear in court at a later
date.
Bike Week mellow but profitable - Laconia
Citizen - Bike Week 2009 came and went largely as expected, with
the economy and the weather combining to keep attendance down, say
organizers and city public safety officials.
Also down was the number of arrests by Laconia Police during the
nine-day rally, the number of serious motorcycle accidents, as well as
the amount of spending by it and the Laconia Fire Department on staffing
and overtime.
"It went fine. Obviously, the weather could have been a lot nicer. We
would have been happier with that," said Charlie St. Clair, the
executive director of the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association, the
nonprofit that promotes the rally.
"The economy did pretty much what we expected it to. The people who came
were very pleased and most of the vendors, some did very well, some did
OK and that's the same with a lot of area businesses."
Bike Week attendance — which is only a rough estimate, and one that St.
Clair had not as of Monday has a chance to look into Monday — enjoyed a
bounce last Wednesday when the weather was ideal, he said.
For Bike Week 2010, St. Clair said he'd like to offer visitors more
activities in the Lakes Region and beyond. "People really do like coming
to New Hampshire. They love the riding but it is discouraging with this
weather."
Overall, St. Clair added, "it was a good rally for the people who came
and other than the weather, it was a good thing."
Laconia Police Chief Mike Moyer concurred.
"Arrests," Moyer said, "are probably at the lowest amount since I joined
the department in 1984" — from midnight June 13 through midnight June
21, LPD made 75 arrests — 40 of them for protective custody of
intoxicated persons; last year LPD made 80 total arrests citywide during
Bike Week.
"Everything is down. Fatal accidents are down by 300 percent because we
didn't have any," in Laconia, compared to three in 2008. There was a
serious motorcycle accident on Roller Coaster Road, however, at the
start of the rally, and LPD Motorcycle Officer Carl Atherton was injured
in an accident which police said was caused by an inattentive rider.
Atherton is recovering, said Moyer.
"There were a lot of people so we feel very fortunate" that the rally
generated so few calls for police service, he said.
The lack of demand for police — and fire services, too — may see the
city end up with a positive balance in its Motorcycle Week Fund. The
City Council allocated $226,700 to provide police, fire and public works
services during Bike Week 2009, which includes bringing in officers from
outside agencies as well as a detail dedicated to traffic, and it
expected to receive that much in revenues.
Because the crowds weren't there, the departments will be returning
about $60,000 in unexpended funds for their own overtime and for
out-of-town police salaries. On Sunday, officers were sent home early
because the traffic volume didn't merit closing the Weirs Channel
Bridge.
Cumulatively, the city has received $166,300 in revenues, most of it
from licensing fees. As of Monday afternoon, with several accounts still
open, the city expected to realize a "profit" of $28,598, said City
Manager Eileen Cabanel.
For his department, Bike Week was "a non-event which is great from our
perspective because when we have very few problems it means everybody's
healthy and safe and not getting hurt," said Erickson.
"Our calls for the ten days starting Friday night were just slightly
over average for a normal ten-day period. We're talking today about what
happened to Bike Week and there's no question that it's weather driven
and this year the forecast for the final weekend was horrible."
Erickson spent a lot of time people-watching during the rally and said
he was struck by the lack of "daytrippers" over the final weekend and
also by the his difficulty in spotting younger visitors in their 20's.
This past Bike Week was Erickson's eighth as Laconia fire chief "and I
just kept seeing older, more mature, responsible adults which makes a
huge difference" in the number and type of calls, the department gets,
said Erickson.
"Charlie (St. Clair) can say what he wants, but there's a trend here.
Five years of bad weather, two years of a bad economy. Last year you can
say it was the wrong week and gas was $4 a gallon" but not this year.
Bike Week 2008 caused a bit of confusion because although it was held on
the second and third weekends in June, the third weekend, like 2009,
didn't end with Father's Day on the last Sunday.
Also, not so long ago, said Erickson, "we had traffic backed up to
Roller Coaster Road and Governors Island but since then more and more
people are growing accustomed to the fact that it's two weekends" and
are using that fact to be more discriminating in when they actually show
up in Laconia.
Bike Week has become more geographically spread out with activities all
over New Hampshire and that spreading out makes it easier to manage, he
said, but it all comes back to the Weirs Beach sign and the area
immediately around it.
Motorcycle crash victim remembered as family man -
Lower Hudson Journal news - A Valley Cottage
father of two killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend was
remembered by friends as a devoted family man.
Richard White, 46, died after he lost control of his bike around 1:30
a.m. Saturday on southbound Route 9W, between the north and south
entrances of Rockland Lake State Park in Clarkstown, and crashed into
guide wire near a utility pole, Clarkstown police said.
Police suspect White may have been speeding but are continuing to
investigate the accident's cause.
An electrician, White was married and the father of two young children.
His wake was held yesterday. White's funeral is scheduled to take place
at 10 a.m. today at St. Paul's Church in Congers, with burial to follow
in Gethsemane Cemetery at Rockland Lake.
Friends recalled White as a man who was passionate about his family as
well as his custom-built motorcycle. He often went riding with one of
his two brothers, Paul.
"Richie was a really good stand-up guy," said Paul Valentine, an
electrician from Blauvelt. "He was a nice guy to have as a friend."
Another friend said White rode his motorcycle as much as he could. He
attended Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Fla., and recently returned from
the Americade motorcycle rally in Lake George.
White wasn't breathing when police responded, Clarkstown police Sgt.
Harry Baumann said.
A witness in a car traveling behind White's bike called 911.
Citing the police report, Baumann said the road surface along the unlit
portion of Route 9W on early Saturday morning was found to be dry and
the weather clear.
The responding police officer checked the "unsafe speed" box on his
report, Baumann said. But the causes of the crash were still continuing
to be investigated.
"All of these we're going to look at," Baumann said yesterday, citing
speeding, drunken driving, mechanical failure, or an animal running
across the highway as possible causes.
Attempts to reach White's family yesterday were unsuccessful.
According to an obituary that appeared yesterday in The Journal News,
White was born in the Bronx in 1962 and had lived in Valley Cottage
since 1969. He graduated from Nyack High School in 1980, and had worked
for a Lite-Up Electric in Valley Cottage. He also belonged to an
independent electrical contractors' group.
White is survived by his wife, the former Tricia Pagano; son, Joseph;
daughter, Nicole, all of Valley Cottage; his father, Richard; brothers,
Paul of Congers and Michael of New York City; sister, Vicki
Caliandria-Montolello; and many nieces and nephews.
Ride For The Red - Bemidji Pioneer -
06/27/2009 · 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM · 1-800-969-7796 ·
Website
The North Star Chapter of the American Red Cross will host a motorcycle
ride, “Ride for the Red” at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27 at the Home Depot
in Bemidji, 2425 Middle School Road N.W. The cost is $15 per person; $25
per person which includes a buffet dinner and $50 per person which
includes dinner and a concert. Additional fees for passengers are $10
per passenger; $20 per passenger which includes dinner or $45 per
passenger which includes dinner and a concert. Registration will begin
at 10 a.m. followed by an opening ceremony which will include the
presentation of colors by the American Legion and singing of the
national anthem. The ride will end at Northern Lights Casino in Walker.
Dinner will be held from 4-6 p.m. Billy Squires will perform in concert
at 7 p.m. Proceeds from this event will go towards providing help with
disasters. Lodging is also available by calling Northern Lights Casino
at 877-544-4879.
Location:
HOME DEPOT
2425 MIDDLE SCHOOL RD NW
BEMIDJI, MN 56601-8122
Thanks: This one really was a 'ride to remember' -
The Salem News - To the editor:
We would like to thank all who helped out and turned out for the first
annual "Ride to Remember." With more than 125 bikers on hand to ride
throughout the North Shore, the run was a great success. Money raised
went to the Michael J. MacDonald Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Special thanks to Ron Buchbaum for his constant support and expertise;
Joe Manganaco, manager of Stop and Shop in North Beverly, for hosting
the 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King display; and Gale and Don, owners,
and the rest of the gang from the Onion Town Grill in Danvers, for
hosting the run, as well as for their ideas and support. Our ride would
not have been possible without these individuals.
Our event kicked off at 11 a.m. with the aid of the Danvers Police
Department, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, Middlesex County
Sheriff's Department, Everett motorcycle police and the Boston H.O.G.
chapter. All of these groups were instrumental in keeping the ride safe.
All of the local police departments — Middleton, Topsfield, Ipswich,
Essex, Gloucester, Manchester, Beverly, Salem and Peabody — did a great
job in keeping all the major intersections blocked and allowing us the
right of way.
We hope that you will permit us to come through your cities and towns at
next year's event.
I would also like to thank our sponsors for their donations: Giovanni's
Pizza & Roast Beef in Danvers, Zwicker Press in Beverly, Sam & Joe's,
Local 4, Danversport Yacht Club, Desjardins Jewelers, GMG Mortgage,
Staples of Needham, Boston Harley-Davidson, Steve Kent and the Beverly
Police Superior Officers.
The Michael J. MacDonald Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Michael
O'Gara from Danvers; and Kevin Dowd of West Roxbury was our 2009
Harley-Davidson Road King winner. Congratulations to both.
Again, thank-you to all who turned out and we look forward to seeing you
at our second annual "Ride to Remember" on June 27, 2010.
Kelly MacDonald-Colanto
Beverly
Matt Neary
Danvers
Motorcycle passenger transferred to Wishard -
Journal and Courier - VEEDERSBURG -- A
Lafayette woman injured in a fatal motorcycle crash Saturday in Fountain
County was in critical condition in Wishard Memorial Hospital's
intensive care unit Monday afternoon.
Lafayette resident Lauren E. Vigstol, 22, was taken to Methodist
Hospital in Indianapolis after a motorcycle she was a passenger on
struck an SUV Saturday at the intersection of Stone Bluff Road and U.S.
41, according to the Indiana State Police.
She has since been transferred to Wishard Memorial Hospital.
Romney resident Chase S. Hill, 25, was driving the motorcycle about 3:30
p.m. when the crash occurred. Hill was pronounced dead at the scene,
according to state police.
Hill and Vigstol were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash,
according to police.
Motorcyclist dies in crash - Tallahassee
Democrat - A Tallahassee man died Sunday after his motorcycle
went off the road and struck a tree, according to the Florida Highway
Patrol. Armando Perez-Segura, 25, was riding a 2008 Yamaha motorcycle
east on Roberts Road about 3 p.m. when, for an unknown reason, he missed
a curve and lost control of the bike, the FHP said. The motorcycle
overturned and slid off the road, striking the tree and several roadside
markers, the FHP said. Perez-Segura died at the scene. He was wearing a
helmet, the FHP said. Perez-Segura was a graduate of Florida State
University, according to his Facebook page.
Accident victim dies from his injuries, police say -
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - The
operator of a motorcycle involved in a crash on a busy Staten Island
intersection this afternoon has died of his injuries.
An NYPD spokeswoman confirmed this evening that Brian Guariglia, 25, of
Meiers Corners, died after the motorcycle he was operating collided with
a car making a left turn from Hylan Boulevard onto Steuben Street just
before 3 p.m. this afternoon.
Guariglia's death comes just over a month after his arrest on federal
drug trafficking charges -- authorities accused him of being a key
player in a marijuana distribution ring that dealt in 250-300 pound
"hockey bags" of the drug. He was out on $200,000 bail at the time of
the crash. Authorities announced the arrest last week.
Motorcycle crash kills Little Falls man -
St. Cloud Times - A Little Falls man died
Monday after his motorcycle crashed.
Loyd Holtslander, 56, of Little Falls died after the motorcycle went off
road at 1:10 p.m. on Iris Road in Little Falls Township.
The motorcycle was traveling north on Iris Road when it tried to make a
left curve and ran off the road, Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel.
Holtslander was thrown from the motorcycle.
He was taken to St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls where he was
pronounced dead.
Motorcycle Poker Run for the Turtles June 28 -
Examiner.com - Starting from the south, first up is the Cape May
County Benefit Motorcycle Poker Run for the Turtles. Long title, but it
says it all. The ride starts at Kindle Ford at Bayberry Road and Stone
Harbor Boulevard in Cape May Court House. Registration is from 10:00 am
to 11:00 am. The ride fee is $20.00 per person. The fee includes turtle
pins for the first 75 to register. For more information, visit
Turtlesinger, Inc
Ride for Hope June 28 - Examiner.com -
In Bayville it’s the Ride for Hope, sponsored by Motorcycle Lights and
Tunes & Smoke n Gunz. The ride starts at the Dinosaur, 512 Route 9 in
Bayville. The 80 mile scenic ride starts at 10:30 am. The ride fee is
$20.00 for the rider and $10.00 for a passenger if paid in advance. On
the day of the ride the fee is $25.00 for the rider and $15.00 for a
passenger. The ride ends with live entertainment, 50/50s, raffles, food,
vendors and prizes. The ride will benefit Easter Seals of New Jersey.
New Beginning Motorcycle Run June 28 -
Examiner.com - New Beginning Motorcycle Run. Sponsored by Genesis
Centers, the ride starts at Scottish Rite Parking Lot in Collingswood.
Registration begins at 9:00 am. The police escorted ride leaves at 10:15
am. The ride fee is $25.00 for the rider and $15.00 for a passenger. The
ride will end in Millville with activities. This is a fundraiser is for
Genesis Centers which is a non-profit company that give counseling
services to people suffering with metal illness and drug and alcohol
dependencies. Their website is
http://www.genesiscenters.org
Motorcyclist found dead on I-10 - al.com -
A Gainesville, Fla., man was found dead, slumped over his motorcycle
just after 6 a.m. today on eastbound Interstate 10, according to Maj.
Anthony Lowery of the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office.
The man was identified as 66-year-old Timmy Byrd, Lowery said.
"We believe he died from natural causes, most likely a heart attack,"
Lowery said. "The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office arrived on the scene
after a 911 call came in reporting the situation.
"More information will be released after the autopsy, according to
Lowery.
Motorcyclist seriously hurt in Union Co. crash -
Gainesville Sun - A Jacksonville man was
seriously injured when a car drove into the path of his motorcycle in a
Union County wreck Monday afternoon.
Mark A. Dougherty, 53, was taken to the Shands at the University of
Florida after he was ejected from his Harley Davidson motorcycle in the
two-vehicle crash, which occurred at about 12:30 p.m., the Florida
Highway Patrol reported.
Troopers said that Angelia D. Henderson, 45, of Lake City, drove into
the path of the motorcycle, which was traveling south on State Road 121.
Henderson's 2006 Acura had been headed east on Southeast Sixth Avenue.
The motorcycle struck the right side of the car, throwing Dougherty from
his vehicle and into the road's northbound lane.
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