Teen Hits Police Motorcycle And Flees Traffic Stop: Police

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA -- A Stone Mountain teen is currently jailed for intentionally colliding with a police motorcycle and fleeing a traffic stop, Gwinnett County Police said.

The incident occurred Tuesday at around noon in the parking lot of a local restaurant, at 5290 Stone Mountain Highway, in unincorporated Stone Mountain. An officer assigned to the Motors Unit was conducting speed enforcement on Stone Mountain Highway near Rockbridge Road. His laser detected a grey Ford Fusion traveling 74 mph.

The driver, later identified as Lamin Ceesay, 19, of Stone Mountain, pulled into the KFC parking lot and pulled into a parking space. The officer got off his motorcycle and was standing on the passenger side of the vehicle. The front seat passenger rolled down his window as the driver placed the vehicle in reverse. Lamin backed up, collided with the police motorcycle, and fled the parking lot at a high rate of speed.

The officer gave the tag number over the police radio. Officers saturated the area looking for the driver and the vehicle. A 911 call came in stating that a man was on Stone Mountain Highway near West Park Place Boulevard rolling around in the roadway and acting as if he was swimming. A nearby officer approached Lamin and placed him under arrest. Lamin told the officer that he was involved in an incident with a motorcycle officer. He was transported to the Gwinnett County Jail.

Lamin Ceesay was charged with: fleeing or attempting to elude; interference with government property, obstruction; hit and run; speeding; reckless driving; driving on a suspended license and window tint violation.

The motorcycle obtained damage to the front end and was not safe to operate.

The Ford Fusion was found abandoned in the roadway at East Park Place Boulevard and Rockbridge Road. The vehicle was still running, and the passenger was not inside. The vehicle was impounded. At this time, it is not reported as stolen. It is registered in Akron, Ohio.