stolen bike - college ave

[eatabananaortwo.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone

My friend had her bike stolen last night from her front porch, and she doesn't know what to do
She lives on College Ave and she thought it was a safe street...
The poor thing is kinda frantic, and I thought I'd help her out by posting this here.
This is what her bike looks like. It's a brand new purple Schwinn ranger. She already had a bike and a car stolen before, and she's getting kinda bitter about this area... :(

What should she do at this point???
Thanks

Comments

[eatabananaortwo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure... But I know it was all locked up to her porch post.

She went away for 2 months to visit her families, and just got back from a big hike around 5pm last night(Sunday). She saw her bike all safe and sound when she walked by her porch. And within an hour or so when she was unpacking inside, her bike was gone.

I know, she should've brought her bike inside... But it's too late to do that now. :(

[ifotismeni]

aww geez :( i'm not going to chastise anybody. that's such a shame, honest.

[eatabananaortwo.livejournal.com]

I feel so bad for her :(

[richips.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if she has a hallway or basement or something- what a lot of my friends do is keep their bikes inside. It's the safest way. So many bike thefts recently, it's awful.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Well, bikes are light, and they can sell for a lot of money. Makes them ideal for thefts of opportunity.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

There's typically a spike in property crimes like theft around the beginning of school season, I've found.

[eatabananaortwo.livejournal.com]

ohhh right! I didnt even think about that one

[richips.livejournal.com]

another reason to make college more affordable - so students don't have to resort to stealing shite!

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

It's not students, it's opportunistic criminals. Students are easy, easy pickins, especially the naive ones.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

I don't know that it's students stealing stuff so much as people thinking they might take advantage of kids moving in without urban experience.