Seattle Police arrested two men for allegedly trying to sell stolen bikes near Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) on Tuesday afternoon after low-speed chase.
According to a police report, a man flagged down officers outside of SCCC and reported that two men in a “green beat up pick-up truck” had tried to sell him a purple Bianchi bicycle—worth $1,000, the report says—for $100.
Officers spotted the truck parked in front of the school and ordered the driver to turn off the engine. Instead, the driver took off and headed southbound on Broadway.
Police stopped the truck a few blocks away and police took the two men—who, the report says, smelled strongly of alcohol—in to custody.
Officers recovered two bikes from the back of the truck. The Bianchi—which was reported stolen—and a Kona mountain bike, which had its serial number scratched off. If that sounds like your bike, give SPD a call!
Police released one of the men from the East Precinct. The other was booked into the King County Jail for DUI, reckless endangerment and “appropriation of misdelivered property.”
They should hang them.
Bike theft is one of only about 3 valid hanging crimes on the planet.
Bicycle thieves are among some of the worst people on the planet.
Thank you, citizen!
what’s funny is I am almost positive this is the same pickup that has been parked openly on MLK south of Jackson (in Mt Baker) many days over the last few months.
I’ve driven by a few times and wondered, “are those bikes all his?” It’s astounding nobody called the cops about them. Now I wish I had.
My bike is my horse. Horse thieves still get shot.
Any idea why they were doing this? Money for food, drugs, shelter, water? Don’t get me wrong a crime is a crime but as your paper but it quite bluntly we have to do what we have to do to survive.
Hey Chris, they are forced to steal bikes to “survive,” but they have enough money to get drunk while they sell them? Fuck that. Throw the book at these lowlife bastards.
@6 I hear you: if you are hungry, it is morally acceptable to steal food. But you can’t eat a bicycle.
No, these two men still must die.
They were doing it because they needed money to buy alcohol in order to survive. Duh. We all do it–steal bikes to buy our survival alcohol. I’m really surprised you had to ask.
Obviously, these two are executive material and should be hired to run major corporations where they can steal and feed their alcoholic lifestyles.
Right?
KILL THE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
Bicyclists are special, and when their bikes are stolen it is a special crime, far worse than when common people like you and me have our worthless, non-bicycle shit stolen. I’m kind of embarrassed to even take the time to make out a police report because I know I’m sucking up valuable bicycle theft investigation resources.
Thank god. I’ve given up on bikes after having my last three stolen, despite using locks of escalating size and complexity.
Richy-riches who can keep them in their spacious apartments/garages are lucky.
And Dacoach, that’s a 6th generation F-series pickup. Countless millions of those were produced from 1973-79; there’s probably a dozen within a 3 block radius of my home, I wouldn’t be so quick to make the connection. However, if you’re sure, 6th gen ford trucks still had only 1 hood release, behind the grill. No access to the cab needed if you want to borrow a battery.
hey, @12
we like our bikes a lot. my bike, because i am a poor person, is the only object i actually care about in any significant way. it is as important to me as your stupid car is to you, and represents a large investment in both time, effort, and money. Just today I spent an hour replacing the derailleurs.
Were my bike stolen, my quality of life would decline precipitously: I would have to save money for months to “replace it” (which is actually not possible, since my bicycle is actually a collection of carefully sought after parts, assembled over the course of two and a half years) with a bicycle that is totally inferior, and then spend years perfecting it. Also, I would have to ride thew bus and forgo the bike rides I go on to feel sane in this insane world. If my bike were stolen I would cry. I would probably physically hurt whoever had stolen my bike given the chance, because my bicycle, an object I like a lot, is just that important to me and the way I live my life.
so please refrain from spewing your snark all over something you obviously don’t understand. Sorry you are forced to read this shit.
@13 —
Now that’s plain evil.
@14
Why are you bike guys so paranoid and filled with hate? Bicycling is the opposite of normal exercise, which lessens stress. Bicycling increases stress, in a bad way. Avid bicyclists are powder kegs of stress, ready to explode. Why do you project all these fears of yours onto others? For example you said, “it is as important to me as your stupid car is to you.”
See, you wouldn’t say that if you knew that I don’t particularly like our car, and I’d have trouble concealing my pleasure if our family were unburdened of it. Clearly your bike is far, far more important to you than my stupid, stupid car.
Do you care about these facts? Probably not. You live in a “demon haunted world” where those who aren’t 100% with you are your blood enemies, and you must hate them. These enemies are all ‘car people’ who have all sorts of horrible ideas in their heads.
Hey, you know I was just thinking about how vulnerable bikes are to being stolen. You leave them right out there on the street right? And any lock can be overcome, right? And you just explained how much having that happen would turn your life upside down. It would be devastating to you, and it is not a rare event, and there’s not much you can do to ensure it won’t happen. It’s a recipe for disaster. It proves how impractical and unsustainable the bicycle lifestyle is.
THAT IS MY BIKE!!!! yikes! calling police now…
Bike thieves burn in hell.
Oh great!
Where am I supposed to get my disposable bicycles from now?!
i just ate my body weight in lunch meat.