WATERBURY, CT — A man was arrested after police stopped him riding a stolen dirt bike on a city street.
Officers assigned to the Waterbury Police Department Auto Theft Task Force were conducting patrols in the area of Silver Street on Dec. 17 when they observed a red dirt bike being operated on a city roadway.
Officers conducted a traffic stop and detained the operator, later identified as Samuel Baez, 26, of Waterbury, for illegally operating an all-terrain vehicle on city roads.
Further investigation revealed that the dirt bike, a 2007 red Honda CRF250, had been reported stolen out of Southbury.
Baez was placed under arrest.
Baez was charged with illegal operation of an ATV, unregistered motor vehicle, larceny of a motor vehicle, possession of motor vehicle with changed ID number and illegal operation of motor vehicle with insufficient insurance.
