A Plant City, Florida man was arrested Sunday morning after leading law enforcement officials on a high-speed pursuit overnight on a motorcycle with a fake license plate that read “MCLOVIN.”
FOX 13 in Tampa reported that according to troopers, 30-year-old Jesse Rivera was seen weaving in and out of cars on his motorcycle at approximately 110 mph in a 45 mph zone at approximately 12:15 a.m. of Sunday.
The motorcycle, authorities said, had a fake Hawaiian tag “MCLOVIN,” a reference to the movie “Superbad.” In the film, a character has a fake Hawaiian ID named “McLovin”.
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Jesse Rivera. 30, of Plant City, Florida, was allegedly arrested after leading a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on a high-speed chase while riding a motorcycle with a fake MCLOVIN tag. (Florida Highway Patrol)
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper pulled up behind Rivera and turned on the patrol car’s lights and sirens, but when Rivera turned around and saw a trooper behind him, he allegedly began to speed away.
The trooper reportedly turned off his lights and sirens and observed the motorcyclist from a distance, the station reported. While he watched from afar, an officer from the St. Petersburg Police Department and a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy attempted to conduct traffic stops, although Rivera was never stopped for either.
Still watching from a distance, the trooper reportedly said Rivera crossed the Gandy Bridge at about 15 mph over the speed limit before exiting the bridge and making a series of turns until he came to a stop at the intersection of SR-60 and 50th Street.
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Jesse Rivera booking photo (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
Rivera then allegedly turned and saw the trooper and then tried to kick his bike into gear, but a gear slipped, police said, killing the engine.
He then tried to get the motorcycle back into gear, picked up the bike and went around the blocking patrol car. Instead, the trooper got out of his vehicle, grabbed Rivera and pulled him off the bike.
In the process of pulling Rivera off his bike, the motorcycle fell on both the trooper and the suspect.
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FOX 13 reported that officials claim Rivera was ordered not to move as the trooper handcuffed him. At one point, Rivera told the trooper that the bike was on his leg and he was injured.
The trooper pulled the motorcycle from Rivera’s leg and then called EMS.
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Emergency responders took Rivera to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for a broken leg. Once dealt with, he was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail on a single count of fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer at a high rate of speed.
