Break-ins! Bikes Stolen at Washington and St. Marks

Where are is your building at?

Update... just read the header... haha. Thanks

Very distinctive baseball cap, PIttsburgh Pirates I think, some sort of commemorative edition, big design on bottom of the bill, probably wears it often, not a cheap hat.

Subject: Break in on Prospect Place today too...

Yikes - there was a break-in in our building today!

4-story 8-unit building on Prospect Place (betw Vanderbilt & Underhill), I've lived here for 6 or 7 years without incident.

My neighbor (rear apartment) came home after work to find someone had opened a back window and come in via the fire escape. She thought the window was locked, so it was probably jimmied open.

They either hopped the fence in the backyard and came up or came across the roof and came down, it's not clear.

Made off with laptop, camera, some jewelry, a quick job, visible things.

This happened during that day while she was at work, and I was at home all day, albeit working on a computer with headphones on.

She's reporting it of course, but it still sucks.

So even though the weather is nice, make sure you lock windows when you're not home & have security grates where there are fire escapes!

Arrgh.

sorry to hear about this .

An update:

Ran into police coming out of our building with evidence today. Apparently the guy hit an apartment in our neighbors building yesterday too, also via fire escape in back.

They said on blocks like ours, if there's one building they can get into and out onto a roof, they can go from roof to roof and down the back fire escapes. They said it's rare they go UP a fire escape ladder since they clang and people in the building will hear it.

Also, a lot of people have done remodeling and often don't put back window grates, and the thieves seem to know that there's been a lot of that around, or people who don't lock windows, so lots of easy "window shopping."

They cops did come away with a dropped screwdriver that was found in the neighbors backyard and some other stuff, but somehow I think the best chances are to catch these guys (if it's a solo guy, multiple solo guys, or whatever) in the act.

J

poppy13 some times bike thieves just horde them. When i brought my crack house. it had like dozens of stolen bikes, i try to give them away nobody took them. thieves are known to horde them for years and years like mountain full!!!

poppy13 wrote: Honestly I just want my bike back. Where do stolen bikes go? I mean there must be someone buying up a bunch of bikes nearby.

I'm so sorry you had your bike stolen. Unfortunately bikes are easy to sell on the street and there are lots of people who buy them with a second thought. I hope you do find it.

I know its a little too late but if you get it returned or get a new one I suggest that you register your bike at the local precinct. My husband was a bike messenger for many years and did this with his bikes. They would etch a number on the bike and affix a sticker to his bike which is almost impossible to get off. It makes it easier for a police officer to confirm a bike fitting your description is really your bike. It also prevents the person from claiming that the bike is theirs.

Crossing my fingers for you.