Haro Omega
RecoveredWhat happened
Thief cut lock after trying to cut cable in two places. Once lock was defeated thief left old broken low end mountain bike and took my bike. Traded up appears.
Bike details
- Type
- Hybrid Bike
- Color
- Blue/purple
- Size
- Tall frame bike 26 "inch tires
- Condition
- frame badly chipped but everything else was new. Bought from The Recyclery so it was completly refurbished.
Theft circumstances
- Date
- Jun 28, 2013
- Lock type
- Cable w/ Padlock
- Locked to
- Locked to street sign.
- How locked
- Only the frame was locked a solid object.
- How defeated
- Lock was cut, and left at the scene.
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Area
- Front of building in residential area.
Recovery notes
On July 12 2013 the victim wrote: Hi, Thanks to this web site my sons bike was recovered. Someone monitoring this site found my sons bike listed on craigslist and sent me an email with the link. I arranged a time to see the bike and the Evanston police met the seller and recovered the bike. Police believe seller did not know it was stolen and didn’t charge him with possession of stolen property. I did not meet the person and am not convinced he was the choir boy they police made him out to be. Luckily, we got the bike back. Lessons learned… know the serial number, have a picture of the bike, use two locks and if stolen file a police report and post it on Chicago stolen bike registry. Much gratitude [owner name]