When it comes to the
low-down dirty things you can do….stealing a kid’s bike is one of them.
On Monday (September 8th) at about 6:00 PM, we took a report from a 13 year old young man who was at Safeway on Mission Street getting groceries for his family. While he was inside the store, this guy stole his bicycle:
On Monday (September 8th) at about 6:00 PM, we took a report from a 13 year old young man who was at Safeway on Mission Street getting groceries for his family. While he was inside the store, this guy stole his bicycle:
The suspect is
captured on store video taking the bicycle from the bike rack. The image we have is from the suspect being
inside the store just prior to the theft.
The suspect is described as a white male in his early 20’s wearing the baseball cap and black sleeveless shirt. If you recognize him, please call us. We’d love to get the bicycle back and we’d love to lock this guy up!!!
The stolen bicycle is described as a red cruiser.
As far as our 13 year old victim, we are making a bicycle available to him through our program with the Teen center using bicycles from our inventory of stored bicycles.
While we are at it…we had two bicycles reported stolen this morning (September 11th) while locked to a car bike rack near Maple and Center Streets.
The bikes were taken in the night between 9:00 PM last night and 8:00 AM this morning. Here is a picture of the bikes.
A forest green Soma Saga brand men's bicycle, 8 speeds, with steel fenders, a brown leather seat, brown handle bar grips, and "Gator Skin" brand tires, valued at $1,200.
A dark blue Globe Vienna brand women's bicycle, with steel
fenders, a black seat, black handlebar grips, and a generator attached to the
front tire that was used to power the large head lamp affixed to the goose neck
of the bicycle. This bicycle was valued at about $800.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the
Santa Cruz Police Department Investigations Unit (831) 420-5820. Anonymous tips can also be sent to the police
department through our Tip Line (831) 420-5995, or from our Website; www.santacruzpolice.com
. Tipsters can also submit an anonymous
tip via our smartphone app or from an SMS text.
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