It's not as good as the MPD's bait bike program (which I haven't heard much about lately) but it's something.
Attempted theft
April 5, 2009 — A 24-year-old woman flagged down a Capitol Police officer by Union Station around 6 p.m. She told the officer that a man was trying to steal her Giant FCR bicycle, worth hundreds of dollars, by cutting the lock with a pair of pliers. A colleague joined the officer and together they responded to the scene, where the woman positively identified the man. After questioning him, police arrested the man, charged him with attempted theft and took him to Capitol Police headquarters for processing.
Something tells me this guy was not a professional bike thief (pliers, hanging around the scene...)
Don't be so sure. I got my bike stolen at that exact location two months earlier (and judging by the number of bike skeletons, so did many others). It took three cuts to get through the cable lock (which was left on the scene). Lesson learned: get a U lock. Glad they got someone.
Posted by: TMoore | December 15, 2009 at 05:15 PM