Tag: bike thefts
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Seattle Police bust Edmonds chop shop, find 60 stolen bikes
Seattle Police have made their second big bike theft bust in a month. After getting a tip from a bike theft victim, detectives posed as a buyer and bought a bike from a suspected thief selling bikes on Craigslist. When the detective confirmed the bike was stolen from a transitional housing program for homeless veterans…
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BikeIndex: How not to buy a stolen bike online
Last week, Seattle Bike Blog’s Stolen Bike Listings page went down. It showed no bike listings in the Seattle area, and unfortunately, this was clearly an error. So Bryan Hance of BikeIndex, who runs the software and database that powers our listings, looked into the problem and discovered a depressing bug: So many stolen bikes…
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SPD officer poses as bike buyer, busts downtown bike theft ring
UPDATE: SPD has now posted photos of the bikes. This is great. I sure hope you reported your stolen bike, because the police may have just recovered it. More efforts like this could make stealing bikes to make quick cash via Craigslist a little less appealing. Kudos to whoever sent the tip to police, and…
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After taking stolen bike report, SPD officer spots it with man outside precinct
Seattle Police Officer Mark Vwich has a very good memory. A week after he took a report from someone who had their bike stolen from a downtown garage, Vwich spotted the wheels in the hands of a guy hanging around the West Precinct. He approached the man and inspected the bike, discovering the serial number…
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Seattle Bike Blog and BikeIndex partner to provide Seattle stolen bike listings
I am excited to announce a new feature on Seattle Bike Blog designed to battle bike theft and help reconnect people with their stolen rides. We have partnered with BikeIndex.org to create a listing of stolen bikes in the Seattle area and an easy form to add your bike to the Stolen.BikeIndex.org database, which can…
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