Twentynine Palms deputies arrested a reckless motorcycle rider who was speeding and doing wheelies Wednesday afternoon. According to a Sheriff’s report, a deputy spotted Corporal Zachary Coffinger, 24, a Marine with Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, about 12:18 p.m. doing wheelies on his 2002 Honda motorcycle as he was driving southbound on Adoba Road near Mesa Drive. When Coffinger saw the deputy, he sped away at speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour, nearly crashing into a van at Amboy Road, and running a stop sign. The deputy caught up to Coffinger near Aztec Avenue and Two Mile Road. Zachary Coffinger was cited for reckless driving and released.
