5 more Orange County parents charged in e-motorcycle crackdown

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Set us as preferred Five parents in Orange County accused of allowing their children to ride electric motorcycles illegally have been charged with child endangerment.Orange County Dist.Atty.

Todd Spitzer on Wednesday announced the filing of child endangerment charges against a father whose 11-year-old son broke bones and suffered an aortic bleed when his speeding e-motorcycle collided with a pickup truck, and a mother whose 9-year-old was hit by a truck while speeding on an e-motorcycle.The DA also charged the adult brother of a 15-year-old who allegedly refused commands from La Palma police to pull over and instead drove away at 40 mph, launching a police pursuit, running red lights and nearly crashing into several cars before losing control and veering into some bushes.

Alex Li of Yorba Linda was charged with a misdemeanor count of child endangerment that alleges he allowed his 11-year-old son to ride an e-motorcycle with a more powerful 1,200-watt motor, which is over the 750-watt limit for an e-bicycle, prosecutors said.Li faces a maximum sentence of one year in Orange County Jail if convicted in the June crash with the pickup truck.

California Here’s a quick guide to whether yours or your kid’s e-bike is legal under California law and who is legally allowed to ride them.Maria Dolores Roehling’s 9-year-old son was speeding on his e-motorcycle capable of going faster than 47 mph when he was hit by a pickup truck, prosecutors said.The child’s Instagram account showed him doing wheelies on residential streets, and he posted on social media about a crash he had just a few weeks before the accident, prosecutors said.

Roehling faces charges of one felony count of child endangerment and an infraction of allowing a child under the age of 18 to drive a motor vehicle without a license.If convicted, she could face a maxim...