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Stolen bicycles

BART police nab suspected bike thief [Mercury]

Jun 19, 2012

Another "pro" thief caught. Anyone lose a bike near BART?

Investigators are hoping the items' owners will come forward to identify and claim their property.

BART would then seek additional charges against Major through the district attorney's office and return stolen property to its rightful owners. Photos of the recovered bicycle frames can be viewed at http://www.bart.gov/news... read the whole note.

114 stolen bicycles...

May 26, 2012

From SFGate:

Officers from Ingleside station following a tip went to the home of Irving Sanchez on the 200 block of Charter Oak Avenue in Silver Terrace, where they found eight allegedly stolen bikes in his kitchen, police said. A subsequent search of two Oakland storage lockers he had rented turned up 81 bicycles in one and 25 in another, along with 80 bike tires and a frame.

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