Madera police reported two recent enforcement actions involving all-terrain vehicles operated illegally within city limits, including the arrest of a parolee wanted on a felony warrant and the recovery of an ATV ridden by a juvenile.

According to the Madera Police Department, officers on the night shift have contacted multiple ATV riders over the past two nights. Police said ATVs are classified as off-highway vehicles and are prohibited from operating on public streets.

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, an officer contacted a 14-year-old who was riding an ATV near the Fresno River Trail. Police said the juvenile attempted to avoid contact, but the officer later located him, recovered the ATV and returned the youth to his parents without injury. The ATV was towed, and charges will be forwarded to the Juvenile Probation Office, according to police.

On Wednesday night, another officer contacted Luis Sucilla, 25, after seeing him and another rider operating ATVs through a neighborhood near National and Williams avenues. During the investigation, police determined Sucilla was on parole and had an active felony no-bail warrant for absconding. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Madera County Jail, police said.

The department said it regularly receives complaints about off-highway vehicles being operated recklessly in neighborhoods, often at excessive speeds and in violation of traffic laws.

The department encouraged parents and riders to familiarize themselves with California’s off-highway vehicle laws and to operate such vehicles only in designated areas where they are legally permitted.

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