Speeding dirt biker gives cops a cold shoulder; they give him a ride to jail

Perry Windwehen Jr. can’t say he wasn’t warned.

As Houma Police investigated a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Williams Avenue and Sixth Street near noon Saturday, they heard a dirt bike speeding their way, according to department spokesman Lt. Todd Duplantis.

When Windwehen, 30, of 139 McKinley St., Houma, came speeding in the northbound land of Williams Avenue. The street’s speed limit is 15 mph.

Police called for Windwehen to slow down and shouted several commands for him to stop the bike and pull over to the side of the road, Duplantis said. But the rider only slowed down, looked at the officer, and then turned the dirt bike around, taking off at a high rate of speed.

Officers then chased the dirt bike as it turned onto Second Street and then Suthon Avenue. Windwehen darted off the road and in between houses in the 900 block of Suthon Avenue.

As the officers were hunting for Windwehen, dispatchers alerted them that a 911 caller had informed them that a man hid a blue dirt bike behind a house in the 900 block of Suthon Avenue and took off running, Duplantis said. The caller said the man was hiding behind a house in the 500 block of Gouaux Avenue.

Police found Windwehen behind the house as the caller reported.

Windwehen had two outstanding warrants for his arrest for failure to return lease movable and failure to appear. He was arrested for reckless operation, operating a dirt bike on a roadway without a helmet, operating a dirt bike on a roadway without eye protection, operating a dirt bike on the roadway and aggravated flight from an officer.

A local wrecker service towed Windwehen’s 2001 Yamaha off-road motorcycle, Duplantis said.