Giant Rincon 2009

What happened

I locked the bike at around 8:30pm to the inside of the fence in front of my apartment building. My roommate checked on the bike at around 10pm and said the bike was still locked and fine. I got home at around 10:25pm and the bike lock was cut and the bike was gone. There were a couple kids still playing basketball across the street at Wicker Park. I then walked around the block and there was a Bible Ministry bus on the other side of the park as well. There are homeless people and low income housing residents that hang out in the park till around 11pm every night. I spoke with Officer Nelsen(first name), who patrols the area on his police bicycle and he said he would bet that a homeless person stole it. I'm just trying to figure out what homeless person has a set of cable or padlock cutters. I walked around the neighborhood and checked the gas stations(with air pumps) because both tires were flat. I did not find anything.

Bike details

Type

Mountain Bike

Color

Black/Silver w/ Orange Trim

Size

XL

Condition

Looks brand new, taken very good care of, has black spokes and rims on black tires. Its an XL bike as well, I'm 6'3", so anyone shorter would not look right on the bike. The bike is mostly black, then has an orange/yellow break, and is silver on the top half.

Serial #

C39A7345

Theft circumstances

Date

Jun 28, 2011

Lock type

Cable w/ Integrated Key Lock

Locked to

Locked to a metal pole, pipe, or fence.

How locked

Locked through rear wheel and frame to object.

How defeated

Lock was cut, and left at the scene.

Duration

The bike was locked from about 8pm to 10:30pm, my roommate had checked on it 10 mins before it was stolen

Area

Front of building in residential area.