Police, Off-Road Riders Clash In Worcester, 8 Arrested

Worcester MA

30 August, 2021

10:25 AM

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WORCESTER, MA — Worcester, Millbury and state environmental police on Sunday arrested eight people after a confrontation at a rail yard along the Blackstone River, according to the department. Police responded to the rail yard at 150 Blackstone River Road near 4 p.m. Sunday after a report that up to 20 people on ATVs and dirt bikes riding around on the private property. Police surrounded the property, but several of the off-road riders drove through the perimeter or ditched their vehicles and ran off. Seven people — including three people under age 18 — were arrested and charged with trespassing. One man, a 24-year-old resident of Great Brook Valley Avenue, was also charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Worcester police also seized five off-road vehicles and three guns during the Sunday incident.