{"id":219605,"date":"2026-05-04T19:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/219605\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:10:09","slug":"new-york-state-police-crack-down-on-illegal-atv-use-in-town-of-russia-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/219605\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Police Crack Down on Illegal ATV Use in Town of Russia | Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HERKIMER, N.Y. — State Police are stepping up efforts to stop illegal off-road vehicle use in the town of Russia, focusing on Military Road and nearby areas.<\/p>\n

According to a press release, complaints have described people riding unregistered and unlicensed ATVs, UTVs and dirt bikes in violation of New York State vehicle and traffic law.<\/p>\n

Many of these vehicles are being used recklessly, without safety gear and in places where riding is not allowed.<\/p>\n

State Police have increased patrols and will continue enforcement throughout the season.<\/p>\n

Troopers are working on both education and enforcement to address unsafe riding.<\/p>\n

In 2025, troopers issued about a dozen tickets for ATV and UTV violations in the Town of Russia.<\/p>\n

Enforcement for 2026 started in April and is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

State Police, working with the Herkimer County District Attorney\u2019s Office, will also investigate cases involving juveniles.<\/p>\n

Criminal charges may be brought against those who allow or encourage illegal ATV use.<\/p>\n

Residents are urged to report illegal ATV activity as it happens by calling 911 or contacting State Police at 315-366-6000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HERKIMER, N.Y. — State Police are stepping up efforts to stop illegal off-road vehicle use in the town…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1602,86496,9,11,10,49,51,50,747,8018,8938,86497],"class_list":["post-219605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-atv","tag-atv-usage","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-police","tag-roads","tag-state-police","tag-town-of-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}