Guy Tracks Down a Thieft Who Stole His Bike And Confronts Him

reply to post by Ben81

Any thief dumb enough to do this, deserves the results. It's about as classic as the guy who steals a raft and then runs it down the same river as the guy he stoled it from... True story.

What happened afterwards, well... (let's just say it didn't involve the cops or the press)...

Originally posted by Infi8nity
How can they lawfully arrest some one for that? How did the police know he stole it? For all we know he found a bike he liked on craigslist, looked up all the custom parts and told the cops that the man stole it from him. They arrested him with no evidence.

What if it was not stolen?


(It probably was but what if?)

Did you watch the video? He was arrested for Trafficing of Stolen Goods.....In fact he actually admits that he knew it was a stolen bike in the video. How much more proof do the cops need?!?

It is always good to see someone get what they deserve.

Wish karma would be on its toes more often.

Originally posted by Infi8nity
How can they lawfully arrest some one for that? How did the police know he stole it? For all we know he found a bike he liked on craigslist, looked up all the custom parts and told the cops that the man stole it from him. They arrested him with no evidence.

What if it was not stolen?


(It probably was but what if?)

Normaly I'd agree with what you said, but the accused did run away and did throw stuff away while running, that is just a little suspicious dont you think?

Originally posted by VoidHawk

Originally posted by Infi8nity
How can they lawfully arrest some one for that? How did the police know he stole it? For all we know he found a bike he liked on craigslist, looked up all the custom parts and told the cops that the man stole it from him. They arrested him with no evidence.

What if it was not stolen?


(It probably was but what if?)

Normaly I'd agree with what you said, but the accused did run away and did throw stuff away while running, that is just a little suspicious dont you think?

Nope, just a person trying to get away from a "crazy" cragslister.

Originally posted by bhornbuckle75

Originally posted by Infi8nity
How can they lawfully arrest some one for that? How did the police know he stole it? For all we know he found a bike he liked on craigslist, looked up all the custom parts and told the cops that the man stole it from him. They arrested him with no evidence.

What if it was not stolen?


(It probably was but what if?)

Did you watch the video? He was arrested for Trafficing of Stolen Goods.....In fact he actually admits that he knew it was a stolen bike in the video. How much more proof do the cops need?!?

But the cops did not see that footage before they made the arrest.

reply to post by Ben81


Here is an awesome video about how a hacker caught his computer thief. (I believe it's been posted before on ATS, here it is again)

Is Craiglist really theft-to-sale central? I have never used it. Really great that a thief got caught trying to sell.

Bikes must be one of those "in-demand" items so easy to sell and usually do not require break-ins/trespassing to steal them either.

Originally posted by Infi8nity

Originally posted by bhornbuckle75

Originally posted by Infi8nity
How can they lawfully arrest some one for that? How did the police know he stole it? For all we know he found a bike he liked on craigslist, looked up all the custom parts and told the cops that the man stole it from him. They arrested him with no evidence.

What if it was not stolen?


(It probably was but what if?)

Did you watch the video? He was arrested for Trafficing of Stolen Goods.....In fact he actually admits that he knew it was a stolen bike in the video. How much more proof do the cops need?!?

But the cops did not see that footage before they made the arrest.

edit on 15-8-2012 by Infi8nity because: (no reason given)

How do you know that exactly? If I was the guy that recorded it the first thing, I'd do is show the video to the cops that showed up! And common sense would suggest that if he did, then this wouldn't be recorded, since he'd be using the camera itself to play it back for them.