Stolen Bikes Recovered with Help of Heritage Bicycles and CPD

Sure seems a lot of these thefts are by the young ones. Shout out to Heritage and CPD.

From the Trib.....

"Bike mechanics at Heritage Bicycles used fast Facebook sleuthing to help reunite a stolen bike with its owner Monday evening, Chicago police officials said.

Bike theft is common in the city—though exactly how common is hard to quantify—and stolen bikes are rarely recovered and returned to their owners, according to Lt. David Harris, a spokesperson for Chicago Police Department's news affairs.

That wasn't the case Monday evening, when police officers from the 24th District caught two juveniles in the act of trying to resell a stolen bike in a makeshift sting operation facilitated by friends of Heritage Bicycles, a custom bike shop in Lakeview"

FULL STORY HERE

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Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on July 23, 2014 at 5:52pm
I follow that group just to see what pops up, King Meta was the guys Facebook name that got pinched. Good too, guy was a class A d-bag.
Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on July 24, 2014 at 2:30am

Cheers! Thanks for aiding in a recovery and being all around good people!

Permalink Reply by Duppie on July 24, 2014 at 3:08am

The mechanic's last name is Fietz? That is the most appropriate name for a bike mechanic I have ever heard.

Permalink Reply by Gecko on July 24, 2014 at 3:17am

Score one for the good guys!

Don't steal bikes, bro.

Permalink Reply by David Barish on July 24, 2014 at 3:33am

I read and heard a lot of lousy news today- conflict in Gaza, children mistreated by border agents, bodies still in a field in the Ukraine etc. Then I read the story about Ben Fietz bike mechanic and stolen bike sleuth and it made my day. 

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on July 24, 2014 at 4:00am

Damn good work and damn good PR.  It doesn't get any better than this.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on July 24, 2014 at 4:22am

It always makes my day to hear positive news like that bike recovery story.

David Barish said:

I read and heard a lot of lousy news today- conflict in Gaza, children mistreated by border agents, bodies still in a field in the Ukraine etc. Then I read the story about Ben Fietz bike mechanic and stolen bike sleuth and it made my day. 

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on July 24, 2014 at 4:44am

He's back to posting on that group again. Must be out of jail now...

Chitown_Mike said:

I follow that group just to see what pops up, King Meta was the guys Facebook name that got pinched. Good too, guy was a class A d-bag.
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 24, 2014 at 4:46am

Ben is a great guy.

Permalink Reply by David Barish on July 24, 2014 at 4:55am


I met him when he was involved with a union protecting bicycle messengers. We sat down for a beer and talked about the issues they face. I did not know that he is now a mechanic. Next time, the beer is on me!


Julie Hochstadter said:

Ben is a great guy.

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on July 24, 2014 at 6:38am
I had to block posts, or I post random crap to throw them all off. All the derelicts of the bike thieving world are on there.

KevinM said:

He's back to posting on that group again. Must be out of jail now...

Chitown_Mike said:

I follow that group just to see what pops up, King Meta was the guys Facebook name that got pinched. Good too, guy was a class A d-bag.

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