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Bike Thieves on Trial!

Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 12th - the trial for the bike thieves as discussed earlier:

Skokie Courthouse - Room 105, 1:30 PM
Map:  http://tinyurl.com/5rbk73x
More details and discussion:

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/holy-fracking-cow-chicagos...
http://wilmette.patch.com/articles/wilmette-and-winnetka-police-nab...
http://wilmette.patch.com/articles/photo-of-the-day-is-this-your-st...

A bike ride up the North Branch Trail, runs right by Old Orchard Road where the courthouse is located.  

Beware of the usual restriction of what you can carry inside the building, but do wear a helmet and look like a bike rider supporting the prosecution.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on August 8, 2011 at 5:21pm

I got this email from Andrea Hart, (andrea.hart@patch.com) who wrote the original story:

 

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Bob,

Good to hear from you. They will be back in court around Sept. 8. I'm waiting to confirm the date. For now it's just a discovery of evidence. I'll let you know if I hear more asap.

Andrea

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If I get anything else from her, I'll let you know.  Hopefully she'll post the full story on the web again.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 8, 2011 at 5:26pm
Nice work, Bob!

Bob Kastigar said:

I got this email from Andrea Hart, (andrea.hart@patch.com) who wrote the original story:

 

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Bob,

Good to hear from you. They will be back in court around Sept. 8. I'm waiting to confirm the date. For now it's just a discovery of evidence. I'll let you know if I hear more asap.

Andrea

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If I get anything else from her, I'll let you know.  Hopefully she'll post the full story on the web again.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on August 8, 2011 at 5:37pm
By the way, Kenny is now sporting a close-cropped goatee and is wearing oval-lensed glasses with very thin frames, so he looks slightly different than the picture a few posts up.  Just in case you happen to spot him poking around a bike rack in the next couple of weeks.  I think he needs money to pay his lawyer.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 8, 2011 at 6:32pm

Sounds like he listed it stolenbikeregistry.com and not the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry.

Confused about the precinct comment-- the bikes are presumably still being held in Wilmette (and we don't have precincts in Chicago.)

I'd be interested to know if they actually will go search the bikes for a caller at this point.



pjc jr said:

Regarding the "photo-of-the-day"...I spotted (all that was left) a racing frame of my buddies. He informed me that he did do 'bikestolenregistry' but never was contacted. Only as many as six people have recovered their bike or what was left of it. I highly recommend that anyone that has had a bike stolen that fits this thief's profile...call the precinct where the evidence is being held. Who knows how well this evidence is being returned to owners...and only making more noise (phone calls) may help the outcome of the case.


Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 8, 2011 at 6:32pm
Thanks for all the footwork and the detailed report, TS.

Thunder Snow said:
By the way, Kenny is now sporting a close-cropped goatee and is wearing oval-lensed glasses with very thin frames, so he looks slightly different than the picture a few posts up.  Just in case you happen to spot him poking around a bike rack in the next couple of weeks.  I think he needs money to pay his lawyer.
Permalink Reply by Vilda on August 8, 2011 at 6:39pm
Thanks Thunder Snow And Thanks Bob.
Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on November 30, 2011 at 11:39am

Gilberto Torres and Kenneth Robertson are scheduled to appear at the Cook County 2nd District Courthouse (5600 Old Orchard Road Skokie IL) on 12/02/2011 at 9:30 AM in room 206 for status. THIS IS NOT THE TRIAL DATE. 

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on November 30, 2011 at 11:53am

Did you find out if either are in custody at this point?

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on November 30, 2011 at 11:57am

Gilberto Torres still appears in the Cook County Sheriff Inmate Locator.

To my knowledge, other than a long holiday weekend awaiting his initial bond hearing, Kenny hasn't been in custody since. 

h' said:

Did you find out if either are in custody at this point?

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on November 30, 2011 at 12:18pm

Thanks.

Was especially curious since I have never seen this many stolen bike reports into the cold season-- we're still getting like 5 a day and many are cut U-locks.

Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on November 30, 2011 at 9:20pm

Love it...As of Sunday that ass-wipe has been locked up for 5 months!  The only thing about that is he will probably get sentenced to time served if he gets sentenced at all.

Kevin C said:

Gilberto Torres still appears in the Cook County Sheriff Inmate Locator.

To my knowledge, other than a long holiday weekend awaiting his initial bond hearing, Kenny hasn't been in custody since. 

h' said:

Did you find out if either are in custody at this point?

Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on November 30, 2011 at 9:21pm

Does anyone know if that skokie courthouse is one that wont allow cell phones in the building?

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