1988 Schwinn High Sierra

What happened

I was not home when this occurred, but got home shortly after the incident. My three roommates were all in my kitchen on the first floor which views directly into our backyard and onto our wooden deck. At approximately 11am on 3/18/21 they saw a man wearing all black with a hood up walk up the steps to our deck, grab my bike, and walk down towards the gate. By the time they realized this man had grabbed my bike, they opened our back door and yelled at him, getting only a muttered respsonse back, before he opened the back gate and quickly rode off down the alley. They are unsure how he got onto our deck because our entire yard is fenced in with a tall wooden fence and locked gates in the front and back. We believe he must have climbed over our or our neighbors fence to get into our yard before snatching my bike. My roomates described him as a shorter male with a hooded puffy jacket, and black sweatpants with three orange stripes going down the side, like adidas track pants.

Bike details

Type

Road Bike

Color

black chrome

Size

unknown

Condition

My vintage 1988 Schwinn High Sierra is in decent condition, definitley not mint. It was my late uncle's bike and I got it after he passed so I really hope to find it if possible. It has a silver bell attached on the right side of the handle bars and two flashlights (one blue, one black) ziptied on a metal plate on the left side of the handlebars. There is also a plastic u-lock holder attached to the main frame of the bike, but the u-lock was not attached. There is also a silver schwinn water bottle holder screwed on to the main frame. The clear/yellowish plastic guard on the rear wheel's gears has a chip on one edge as well.

Serial #

unknown

Theft circumstances

Date

Mar 18, 2021

Lock type

No Lock

Locked to

Bike not locked.

How locked

Not locked.

How defeated

Not locked.

Duration

wasn't locked because it was in my fenced in and locked yard. obviously my mistake.

Area

Porch or yard.

Police report #

JE172365