Deputy said group of ATV riders tried to run him off the road

Over the weekend, people in Orange County's Conway neighborhood posted several videos of dozens of ATVs and bikes flooding the streets and making it hard for people to drive. WESH 2 News looked into what local authorities are doing about the issue.The ATVs and bikes that flooded the streets in Conway were mostly driving in the wrong direction and stopping traffic.In one case on Sunday, the Orange County Sheriff's Office arrested Jose Maya, of Miami, after a deputy said he pulled up to a large group of ATVs near Lee Vista and SR 436.In the criminal complaint, the deputy wrote, "I quickly became surrounded by a group of these riders as some slowed down and others pulled up on both sides of me."The group drove on SR 436 and the deputy said they tried to run him off the road and that Maya, "came up from behind me on the driver's side of my marked police car and smashed the mirror on the driver's side door."The sheriff's helicopter followed the group to Avenue C near the airport where Maya allegedly tried to hide in the woods, but was caught.Also on Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol said an ATV rider driving on the Turnpike near John Young Parkway caused a crash.Deputies also arrested a Tampa man, Christian Andujar, accused of driving the wrong way on the 417, while on an ATV, and refusing to pull over.The FHP said these groups of ATV riders have been a growing problem that they are trying to stop.

Over the weekend, people in Orange County's Conway neighborhood posted several videos of dozens of ATVs and bikes flooding the streets and making it hard for people to drive.

WESH 2 News looked into what local authorities are doing about the issue.


The ATVs and bikes that flooded the streets in Conway were mostly driving in the wrong direction and stopping traffic.

In one case on Sunday, the Orange County Sheriff's Office arrested Jose Maya, of Miami, after a deputy said he pulled up to a large group of ATVs near Lee Vista and SR 436.

In the criminal complaint, the deputy wrote, "I quickly became surrounded by a group of these riders as some slowed down and others pulled up on both sides of me."

The group drove on SR 436 and the deputy said they tried to run him off the road and that Maya, "came up from behind me on the driver's side of my marked police car and smashed the mirror on the driver's side door."

The sheriff's helicopter followed the group to Avenue C near the airport where Maya allegedly tried to hide in the woods, but was caught.

Also on Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol said an ATV rider driving on the Turnpike near John Young Parkway caused a crash.

Deputies also arrested a Tampa man, Christian Andujar, accused of driving the wrong way on the 417, while on an ATV, and refusing to pull over.

The FHP said these groups of ATV riders have been a growing problem that they are trying to stop.