(La Porte County, IN) - A Michigan City man apparently pulled a trick to be able to drive his motorcycle disguised as a moped but a flock camera was not fooled.

 

Donald Kirby, 51, was booked into the La Porte County Jail for driving as a habitual violator.

 

A La Porte County Police officer received an alert Wednesday from a Flock camera detecting a motorcycle westbound on U.S. 20 near Rolling Prairie was being operated by a man with a suspended driver’s license.  With a picture of the motorcycle provided by the license plate reading camera, the officer located the Yamaha and pulled it over within minutes.

 

Police said a computer check showed the vehicle identification number (VIN) on the motorcycle was different from what was on file with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.  The VIN came back as being for a moped owned by Kirby.

 

The real VIN on the motocycle was covered by tape.

 

Police said it appears he registered the two wheeled machine as a moped so he wouldn’t have to have a driver’s license to operate it.  He could face an up to 30 month sentence on the Level 6 felony charge. 

 

According to court records, Kirby has at least two previous convictions for operating while intoxicated.