They got him. For more than a week, the man on the neon-green Kawasaki with no license plates had careened down Route 9 through Bayville, Pine Beach and Beachwood, hitting speeds of more than 100 miles per hour during rush hour.

Today was no exception. Christopher Lane, 23, Browns Mills, was spotted speeding down the center of two-lane Route 9 in Bayville, making obscene gestures at police as he flew by around 7:30 a.m. "Today he gave us the finger as he passed by," Berkeley Detective Sgt. James J. Smith said.

But this time, Lane didn't complete his journey. This time, Berkeley Detective Joseph Robertazzi and Beachwood Detective Sgt. Glen DeMarco were watching Lane from the vantage point of a New Jersey State Police helicopter they had boarded during the early morning hours from a ballfield in Manitou Park.

It didn't take long to spot him. Lane entered Route 9 northbound in the area of Ocean Gate Drive in Bayville around 7:30 a.m. and roared down Route 9.

The helicopter tracked him as he entered the Garden State Parkway northbound, then got off at Exit 91 in Brick Township. He was finally apprehended at a commercial business near 4th Street and Monmouth Avenue in Lakewood.

"The New Jersey State Police helicopter directed a responding Beachwood Police vehicle to the business where the suspect was arrested without further incident," Smith said. Lane was taken to the Beachwood Police Department where he was interviewed by detectives. He admitted his involvement in rides over the past week, on Aug 22, Aug. 23, Aug. 24, Aug. 28, Aug. 29 and this morning, Smith said.