From: HR- Larry Weigle <
LWeigle@redcoats.com>
Thursday when I got home I saw some things from my garage near the
alley and garage door. When I looked in the garage I discovered that
my bicycle was gone and my old car had been rifled through. I
mentioned it to a neighbor who said she had seen 2 bicycles about 100
feet further down the alley plied along the edge of the path. I filed
a report last night. This morning I talked to a contractor working at
another home on the alley, he told me that another neighbor had
reported the bikes to the police and that the police picked them up
Thursday about midday.
I called property Div at the police station described my bike and was
told to come and pick it up. Happy ending for me (although I don't
know what might have been taken from my old car. (I just hope it
wasn't a set of keys to the house.) Puzzling question is what's up
with the other bike found with mine (described as a child size
"laser") it must have been taken from somewhere near mine on Wednesday
night.
It takes a little self sleuthing because the neighbor who alerted the
police about the abandoned bikes has a 46th St address and my address
in on River Rd. but the alley backs up to both of our homes. No
connection was made by the police dept.
One other neighbor who shares the same alley leaves for work before
6am and probably thwarted the theft in progress. All in all I feel
very lucky today and am grateful for the neighbors who noticed things
out of place and phoned it in. The police dept. did a great job using
the information provided by the neighbors to figure out that the
retrieved bike was mine.
I wish other victims fare as well.
Larry Weigle