Bike thefts at 38th Street Station
From:
Shawn Isenhart
Date:
Jul 03 17:14 UTC
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Another useful thing to do is to record your bike's serial number (prior
to it being stolen, of course) and then let the MPD know when your bike
is stolen. I had a stolen bike returned to me after it was recovered
from a pawn shop by matching its serial number.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/about/bicycles.asp has
information about how to report stolen bikes.
It's too bad the OPID program was removed by the state in 2005 - that
was how I registered my bike and I'm pretty sure what helped lead to its
recovery.
-Shawn Isenhart
Jeffrey L. Cronin wrote:
> Yesterday, our son rode his bike to the 38th street station and took the
> light rail to the Twins day game, when he came back about 4:30 his bike
> lock had been cut and the bike was gone. Not only that but when I
> visited the scene later with him, there were two other bike locks laying
> on the ground that had been cut - one was a cable version and one was an
> actual metal link chain. His bike was a brand new blue Schwinn
> Frontier, theres $250 I won't see again.
>
> Obviously these thiefs are brazen enough to do this in broad daylight,
> in plain view of light rail riders and patrons who sit outside The
> Cardinal facing the bike racks.
>
> So if you are using a cable or chain-style bike lock, do yourself a
> favor and invest in one of those u-joint steel versions. Sure they are
> more cumbersome but your bike will still be there when you want it.
>
> Jeff Cronin
>
> Jeffrey Cronin
> Standish Ericsson, Minneapolis
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