Dirt-bike rider injures 10-year-old girl on Ocean Dr. sidewalk: Miami Beach cops

A dirt-bike rider was arrested Wednesday for hitting a 10-year-old girl with his bike and leaving the scene last month, the Miami Beach Police Department said.

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The girl was hit on a sidewalk on Ocean Drive on the evening of Aug. 22, police said, causing injures to her elbow and leg.

Police received 911 calls about four dirt-bike riders driving fast and recklessly along Collins Avenue in the Art Deco District. Officers spotted the riders on the 700 block of Ocean Drive.

Mandrell Ceydrec Rolle Jr., 29, of Pembroke Pines, saw officers approaching, but despite repeated commands to stop, sped off and hit the girl, police said. She was knocked to the ground beside her mother and treated on the sidewalk by the Miami Beach Fire Department.

Three other pedestrians who were walking on the Lummus Park sidewalk had to stop, and one of them jumped out of the way to avoid being hit by Rolle, police said.

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Detectives determined Rolle was on federal probation for felony possession of a machine gun and secured an arrest warrant for him on charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving injury, reckless driving and resisting an officer without violence, police said. He was located Wednesday on the 1800 block of NE 4th Avenue in Miami.

Rolle was being held on a $15,650 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Miami-Dade jail records show. He didn’t have an attorney listed yet.

“There is zero tolerance for reckless behavior that endangers the lives of our residents and visitors,” Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne A. Jones said in a statement. “Driving a dirt bike recklessly, striking a 10-year-old child and fleeing without rendering aid is unacceptable. If you choose to endanger innocent people in Miami Beach, we will use every available resource to identify you and hold you accountable.”

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