Tag: bike thefts

November 2, 2011

CHS: Lots of bike thefts on Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill Seattle reports today on a couple bike thefts on the Hill, including one $10,000 haul from a Belmont Ave apartment. A craigslist post lays out the damage: The following bikes were stolen from my condo today: 1) A 2011 Gunnar Sport (Blue / White) with aluminum fenders – Serial #J11021 – Ultegra 6700…
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tagged: bike thefts, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle
October 4, 2011

Person shot with pellet gun while biking in Bellevue + Bike thief arrested at UW

A man was shot in the leg with a pellet gun while biking to work on SE 36th in Bellevue last week, King 5 reports. There was no altercation leading up to the incident, and he did not even realize he had been shot until he was at the hospital. From King 5: In other…
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tagged: bike thefts, crime, publicola
August 3, 2011

Seattle Crime: Police bust prolific bike thief and chop shop

It’s warm, and that means bike thefts are at their peak. But thanks to a fight between a bike thief and an acquaintance, SPD busted one prolific thief and uncovered his chop shop, housed in a storage unit at 115th and Aurora. Police found five bikes in the unit as well as a sleeping felon…
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tagged: aurora, bike thefts, crime, lake city, seattle crime
April 26, 2011

Seattle Crime: Police catch thief stripping parts from bike on Broadway

Seattle Crime reports that officers caught a man who was stripping parts off a locked bike in front of the post office at Broadway and Denny on Capitol Hill. Officers apparently watched the man for several minutes as he struggled to remove the bike’s handlebars around 2:40 a.m. April 22. From Seattle Crime: Officers watched…
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tagged: bike thefts, broadway, capitol hill, seattle crime, spd
April 19, 2011

Seattle Crime: Stolen bikes found at Aurora Motel

Police seized a number of stolen bicycles and bike parts from a motel at 82nd and Aurora where a prolific bike thief was storing them. The April 6 investigation started while looking into an unrelated theft case, Seattle Crime reports: While police were in the motel’s office, officers noticed a prolific bicycle thief’s ID sitting…
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tagged: bike thefts, seattle crime
March 31, 2011

CHS: Honest buyer returns bike after discovering it was stolen

Justin at Capitol Hill Seattle has a wonderful story today about Cleo, who was reunited with her stolen bike after the purchaser did some searching online to find out it was stolen. The two lessons here seem to be: Report bike thefts to the police (you can even file police reports online) and to online…
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tagged: bike thefts, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, chs