West Seattle Crime Watch: Overnight bike thefts

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2 reader reports of bike thefts – including this one just in from Jenny:

Just wanted to report that a yellow Cannondale mountain bike was just stolen from our home about 30 minutes ago now. We heard the thief on our porch and then looked out the window and saw him ride off with it. This is on 41st SW between Edmunds and Hudson. So discouraging!!!

And Elena‘s Specialized-brand women’s road bike (blue, white seat, blue-striped tires) vanished from “inside a closed and locked gate in a condo building on Alki Point” late last Thursday/early Friday (she’s hoping for tips at mystolenbike123@gmail.com).

56bricks August 13, 2012 (6:34 am)

Oh, the irony. Just finished reading the proposed bike-share story. Sharing is possible but stealing tends to prevail. Sorry about your bike.

KatherineL August 13, 2012 (8:30 am)

We’ve had an awful lot of bike thefts this summer. And a lot of bikes found, too. Have any of the missing bikes turned up? Got back to their owners?

michael August 13, 2012 (11:30 pm)

I also had my bike stolen today. It’s a silver schwinn le tour with a black rack over the back tire and has two holes on the post below the seat where the water bottle holder was attached.taken from my house on 42nd and admiral.if anyone sees it please call me at 509 398 3471.

June August 14, 2012 (7:54 am)

Leave your bikes inside. That’s what I’ve always done. Any bike outside is ripe for a stealin.

Jenny August 14, 2012 (2:54 pm)

KatherineL,

Nothing new to say about the stolen yellow Cannondale mtn bike. We filed a police report, have checked a few pawn shops, and are keeping an eye out for anything suspicious on Craigslist.

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