A Bellwood, Illinois man intentionally ran over a motorcyclist after an accident to avoid a police report, reports the Chicago Tribune.

A Bellwood man deliberately ran over and killed a motorcyclist in an attempt to avoid filing a police accident report, authorities said Thursday.

Frederick Griffin, 29, rear-ended Frank MacNaught’s motorcycle in west suburban Addison on Sunday evening, said Assistant DuPage County State’s Atty. Brook Locke.

McNaught, 33, of Lombard, attempted to get Griffin to stop and wait for police so that a report could be filed. “Because he [Griffin] has a lengthy police record, he decided not to stop,” Locke said.

Police say Griffin backed over the motorcyclist after the victim followed him to a driveway in Addison.

It’s motorcycle season, so be careful out there.

And, always keep an out out for sociopaths on the road who have no concern for others’ lives or property.

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Prof. Eugene Volokh spots a 7th Circuit citation to Wikipedia — the online encyclopedia that anyone can change at any time — and writes that such usage is troubling because how can anyone know if any particular Wikipedia entry has an “indicia of likely expertise.”

H/T to the Indiana Law Blog.

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