Hermosa Beach Police Chief Paul LeBaron explained that they respond when they’re called, but catching the teens has been one of their biggest challenges.Teenagers riding e-bikes are causing problems in beach communities across Southern California, but police say many are on illegal electric motorcycles and are hard to catch.
Manhattan Beach Police told NBC4 officers have given out more than 115 e-bike-related citations to teens and adults so far this year. This is even after the city council approved stricter enforcement and raising fines in September. Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
A spokesperson for the Redondo Beach Police tells NBC4 that the incident is still under investigation, but confirmed Randy is facing a possible misdemeanor charge. They could not comment on any of the teenagers involved. “Within 20 minutes, we received three calls of kids behaving badly on bikes and creating a danger to the public. We responded. The kids scattered and as they scattered, one of them left their electric motorcycle behind,” LeBaron said.
“The father of the juvenile who had the bicycle responded, was upset with us and was criticizing our officers. Our officers did their job and they did it well,” LeBaron said, adding that three days later, his investigators arrested the same boy for an alleged assault that took place on April 28. In the last few months, Hermosa Beach impounded more than a dozen illegal electric motorcycles. In order to get them back, people have to provide DMV registration and pay a fee.