Raleigh Talus

What happened

First off, the bike was stolen inside a bike/storage room that has key access only to residents of the building. It was locked by an OnGaurd cable lock that was around the front wheel, through the frame then eventually attached to a U-lock that was on my other bike in an adjacent parking spot. The bike was last seen locked like this on Saturday 8/27 around 12PM. The bike was discovered stolen on Sunday 8/28 at 8:30PM. After viewing the surveillance tape of the building including the front door and the bike room, it was found that the thief did infact have key access and walked in from the front door, through the hallways and into the bike room where he scouted around for the best bike to take. He spent a total of about 3-5 minutes in the room checking out other bikes (skipping over bikes taht weren't even locked) and eventually got to the location where the bike was parked. Once he gets the bike he proceeded to exit the building the same way he came in. Since he was wearing a hat and seemed to know the placement of the cameras, no one could positively ID the suspect to be a current or past resident of the building. The thief was a white male approximately 5'8" to 5'10", wearing a beige/white baseball cap, white tennis shoes, white socks, skinny build, wearing a black pair of shorts, black t-shirt with large white print on it and a beige/white cloth type messenger bag (probably where he put his bolt cutters). The flap on the messenger bag had a distinctive black stripe on the left part of the flap. He also wore his messenger bag over his right hip and left shoulder. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks!!

Bike details

Type

Mountain Bike

Color

Black

Size

14" XS

Condition

At the time the bike was stolen it was pretty dirty with mud because it was ridden on some trails just the day before. The bike also had a cateye wireless bike computer attached that was black and red in color. The bike also has hydraulic disc brakes and all Shimano Deore XT components. Had Rock Shocks with Pilot front suspension. It was a hardtail frame.

Theft circumstances

Date

Aug 27, 2011

Lock type

Other

Locked to

Other situation, please describe below.

How locked

Locked through front wheel and frame to object.

How defeated

Lock was cut, and left at the scene.

Duration

1 week

Area

Storage room.

Police report #

HT470546