By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Two minibike drivers were arrested after they led police on a chase through part of south Salina Friday afternoon.
At approximately 1 p.m. Friday, an officer in the 2400 block of Edward Street observed drivers on a red minibike and a black minibike headed southbound in the middle of the street, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. The officer attempted a traffic stop, but the minibike drivers turned into Jerry Ivey Memorial Park and kept going.
The minibikes went through the park and out a sidewalk on the southeast side of the park that connects to a sidewalk that runs along S. Ohio Street, he said. The two continued south past some townhomes and then turned into an alleyway, at which point the officer lost sight of them.
A short time later, an officer saw the duo crossing S. Ohio Street just south of E. Magnolia Road. They went through a church parking lot and then north on Shalimar Drive before turning onto Revere Drive. The minibike drivers cut though a yard on Revere Drive to get to the back yard of a residence in the 2300 block of S. Ohio Street, where they were apprehended, Forrester said.
Jace Hewitt, 19, of Salina, and Daxton Conard, 21, of Salina, were arrested on the following requested charges, Forrester said.
●Flee and elude
●Interference with a law enforcement officer
●Multiple traffic violations