'You're under arrest!' 'No, I'm not!': man cited for riding on Laconia sidewalk

LACONIA — A Gilford man faces three charges after driving on a sidewalk along Messer Street and refusing to stop for a police officer who saw him.

Sgt. Gary Hubbard said he was driving meet another police officer who was near the old Coca-Cola building at Oak Street when Joseph Alan White, 22, of 523 Morrill St. drove his motorcycle on the WOW Trail section of the sidewalk to get around a car making a left hand turn.

Hubbard said he put his blue lights on and White pulled over as if to stop, turned around and looked at him, and then continued up Messer Street.

Hubbard said White did this twice before he finally stopped.

He said when he went up to White and told him he was under arrest, White looked at him and said, "No I'm not."

"Yes you are," Hubbard said he told White, adding when he went to handcuff him he pulled away so he took him to the ground.

White is charged with one count of resisting arrest, one count of disobeying an officer, and one violation for driving on a sidewalk.

"I wasn't even going to give him a ticket," Hubbard said. "I was going to warn him not to drive on the sidewalk."

White was released on personal recognizance bail and given a court date in December.

Hubbard said police just want motorists to be a little more patient when behind someone making a left turn.