{"id":337701,"date":"2026-05-29T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337701\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:56:11","slug":"newport-beach-mother-could-face-charges-after-sons-e-motorcycle-arrest-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337701\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport Beach mother could face charges after son&#8217;s e-motorcycle arrest, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; An Orange County mother could face charges after her young son was arrested for riding an illegal e-motorcycle, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The boy was taken into custody last week after he was spotted riding the e-motorcycle near MacArthur Boulevard and Bison Avenue in Newport Beach, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators said he fled from officers into opposing traffic, running a red light at an intersection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Due to the extremely reckless riding behavior, officers did not pursue the subject,&#8221; the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DY4su1JMjtN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newport Beach Police Department said in a post on Instagram<\/a>. &#8220;While reviewing the incident, officers recognized the subject as a juvenile male they had prior contacts with involving illegal e-motorcycles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers served a search warrant at the boy&#8217;s home last Tuesday. He was later booked into juvenile jail and released to his parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said based on the documented history with the boy and his parents, the mother will be referred to the Orange County District Attorney&#8217;s Office for additional charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The DA&#8217;s office told Eyewitness News on Thursday that the case remains under review and no decisions have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This incident serves as a reminder that e-motorcycles are dangerous and illegal,&#8221; said police. &#8220;NBPD will conduct follow-up, search warrants, make arrests and seek charges against those involved and the parents of those involved in these types of incidents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; An Orange County mother could face charges after her young son was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[139332,163,165,164],"class_list":["post-337701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-139332","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}