ORANGE, Texas — Two stolen dirt bikes and two "persons of interest" have been found after the front doors of Honda of Orange were smashed in during an early morning burglary Wednesday.
Police received a tip on Wednesday that the stolen motorcycles spotted along Woodrow Drive in Port Arthur according to Pinehurst Police Chief Fred Hanauer III.
When officers arrived they found the stolen bikes being ridden by two men according to Hanuaer.
Police have currently only identified them as "persons of interest" as they await to arrest them while they determine if they are the same men seen in surveillance video of the burglary.
Workers at Honda of Orange located in Pinehurst spent Wednesday morning cleaning up after several people smashed into the front of the building and stole a pair of motorcycles.
Surveillance video caught two or three men using a pickup truck to smash the front doors of Honda of Orange.
The suspects can then be seen pushing two dirt bikes out of the dealership and into the parking lot.
The two new off-road motorcycles that were stolen, a Honda CRF450X and a Honda CRF150R, have a combined value of nearly $19,000 according to the Honda website.
A driver in posted a photo of a pair of motorcycle matching the description of the stolen bikes in the back of a pickup he said he spotted heading into Port Arthur Wednesday morning.
The owner of the dealership told 12News that he believes that the suspects may be some of the same people who broke into the dealership in August 2019 and stole motorcycles.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
