Two bikes briefly stolen

[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

Overnight our two bicycles were stolen from our front porch on Prichard Ave (south of Ball Square). We recovered them in the driveway next door -- presumably they were ditched when the Kryptonite locks locking the front tires to the frame were discovered.

The fact that both were taken at once suggests to me that this was an operation by at least two people to sweep up unsecured bikes in the area.

Comments

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

I once caught a guy stealing my bike out of the locked, enclosed back porch of a house I lived in right by Tufts. I caught him heading down the driveway but given that he was, um, on my bike and I was on foot, he won that race. Bastard. The experience made my all paranoid and I took to looking out my windows excessively, and wouldn't you know, the very next night I caught someone I presume was the same guy about to cut the padlock off my neighbor's garage. Again, I didn't catch him, but I got to keep his burglaring tools that he had to ditch while I chased him as a prize.

One thing that has come to mind in reading all these True Crime posts -- I don't think Davis is being overrun by hoodlums; rather, I think their deeds are just being well-reported here. Sort of like the shark attacks of 2004--sharks didn't all of a sudden get hungrier that Summer, it was the press that had the feeding frenzy. So keep safe and keep it in perspective.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking the same thing—more reports doesn't necessarily mean more crime. Reminds me of The Culture of Fear (http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/library/fear/index.php).