Updated on January 2, 2021 at 4:04 pm
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Three people have been arrested after an incident police said involved an officer being pushed, surrounded, and run over while responding to dozens of recklessly driven motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.
About 30 motorcycles and ATVs were speeding and weaving in and out of traffic Friday afternoon before one of the drivers dropped her motorcycle in the middle of the road to block traffic, police said.
Shyanne Boisvert, 23, of North Providence is accused of pushing the officer who approached her on foot, and as he handcuffed her, several others circled him in a threatening manner, police said.
The Providence Journal
CRANSTON A group of dirt-bike and ATV riders assaulted one police officer and led others on a chase through three communities, resulting in the arrest of three riders Friday evening, according to the police chief, Col. Michael J. Winquist.
Just before 4 p.m., one officer noticed about 30 motorcycles and ATVs riding on Atwood Avenue, weaving in and out of traffic, speeding and ignoring traffic signals at intersections.
When one rider, Shyanne Boisvert, 23, of 20 Hurdis Street, Apt. 19, North Providence, stopped her motorcycle to block traffic on Atwood Avenue, according to Winquist, and dropped the bike, the officer got out of his cruiser and approached Boisvert.
January 2, 2021
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) Three people have been arrested after an incident police said involved an officer being pushed, surrounded, and run over while responding to dozens of recklessly driven motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.
About 30 motorcycles and ATVs were speeding and weaving in and out of traffic Friday afternoon before one of the drivers dropped her motorcycle in the middle of the road to block traffic, police said. Shyanne Boisvert, 23, of North Providence is accused of pushing the officer who approached her on foot, and as he handcuffed her, several others circled him in a threatening manner, police said.