Someone attempted to steal my scooter. It is chained to my porch and someone must have sat on my porch and tried to torch to lock off. They burned the fabric cover off of the chain and melted some of the plastic around the lock, but they were not able to damage the lock itself so they gave up.
I’ve had my front bicycle wheel stolen off of my road bike as it was locked to my front porch. Someone attempted to steal my mountain bike one night when it was on my bike rack on my car, but it was locked. Ha ha suckers! Now I keep my bikes inside, or locked in the shed. Nobody’s ever tried to steal my motorcycle, at least not that I’m aware of, but they’re not as easy as scooters.
I accidentally left my bike unlocked on my back stoop, and it was stolen. While it was my own dumb fault for forgetting to lock it, my back stoop is not visible from the street and few people pass by there. I keep my new bike indoors.
We have had a surge in stolen bikes and mopeds in July and the early part of August, it has leveled off some in September, but it is still a big problem. Sector officers have done numerous surveillences with bikes and scooters in an effort to make arrests. We have also increased our overnight staffing with plainclothes officers trying to deter this type of crime. Identification marks on the bike or scooter is beneficial when we recover these items. The key is to have that info when a report is made. Your sector Lieutenant Sybil El Amin, and Ed Capriglione on the other side of the Boulevard are very aware of the impact of this type of crime.
Not to belittle the anger and frustration of a scooter or bike being stolen, theft is always such a drag, but my friend’s car was stolen from Ellwood and Auburn on Saturday night. I was frankly stunned!
My husbands bike was stolen when it was chained to a tree outside of Willow Lawn Mall. Apparently not a big enough chain, since it was snipped and still coiled around the tree when we got out of the gym.
Someone attempted to steal my scooter. It is chained to my porch and someone must have sat on my porch and tried to torch to lock off. They burned the fabric cover off of the chain and melted some of the plastic around the lock, but they were not able to damage the lock itself so they gave up.
I’ve had my front bicycle wheel stolen off of my road bike as it was locked to my front porch. Someone attempted to steal my mountain bike one night when it was on my bike rack on my car, but it was locked. Ha ha suckers! Now I keep my bikes inside, or locked in the shed. Nobody’s ever tried to steal my motorcycle, at least not that I’m aware of, but they’re not as easy as scooters.
I accidentally left my bike unlocked on my back stoop, and it was stolen. While it was my own dumb fault for forgetting to lock it, my back stoop is not visible from the street and few people pass by there. I keep my new bike indoors.
We have had a surge in stolen bikes and mopeds in July and the early part of August, it has leveled off some in September, but it is still a big problem. Sector officers have done numerous surveillences with bikes and scooters in an effort to make arrests. We have also increased our overnight staffing with plainclothes officers trying to deter this type of crime. Identification marks on the bike or scooter is beneficial when we recover these items. The key is to have that info when a report is made. Your sector Lieutenant Sybil El Amin, and Ed Capriglione on the other side of the Boulevard are very aware of the impact of this type of crime.
Dave McCoy
Interim Chief of Police
Not to belittle the anger and frustration of a scooter or bike being stolen, theft is always such a drag, but my friend’s car was stolen from Ellwood and Auburn on Saturday night. I was frankly stunned!
I had the seat stolen off of my locked up bike last summer.
My husbands bike was stolen when it was chained to a tree outside of Willow Lawn Mall. Apparently not a big enough chain, since it was snipped and still coiled around the tree when we got out of the gym.
10 S. Boulevard never fails to deliver –
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It is odd that the Richmond police department doesn’t have a bike registration program.