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Location

Location

Lincoln Square
2950 W Rascher Ave
Chicago , IL
United States

Date of Theft

Saturday, September 5, 2015 - 5:00pm

Basic Bike Info

Bicycle Type: 
Road Bike
Serial No.: 
PL1504000878
Size: 
54 or 56 cm
Color: 
Black frame, orange and red wheels, red down handle bars
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features: 
Single speed with down bars Black frame Bright orange rim Red tires Red handle bars (down bars)

Owner Information

Owner Name: 
Tyler Saint Germain
Contact Email: 
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Contact Phone Number: 
7736829577
Police Report No.: 
HY411810

Lock Information

How was the lock defeated?: 
Not locked.
Lock Type: 
No Lock
What was the bike locked to?: 
Bike not locked.
How was the bike locked?: 
Not locked.

Incident Description

Which type of area was your bike stolen from?: 
Other situation, please describe below.
How long was the bike locked in this location?: 
All day
Incident Description: 
I was in the kitchen with my mother and sister preping for dinner when we saw two kids (10-12 yr olds) on shitty mountain bikes in our driveway. Our driveway looks like an alley (the city never completed the alley so now its just a really long driveway). Anyways, so we're used to having people accidentally think its an alley. Plus, our street was having a block party. But then, we see them both bolt out with my bike from my garage! One kid ditched his shitty bike for my brand new road bike, like they've done this before. We all go running out the front door. I chased after them into the near park running barefoot. Obviously I couldn't keep up, but watched them leave the park and go west bound on Foster Ave. I continued to run barefoot asking bystanders if they saw two kids with my bike description. One car shop owner said he sees the two kids messing around all the time in the area, but hadn't seen my bike. Ended up driving around Albany Park for an hour and a half asking adults if they had seen my bike. Of course when I get home to want to post on Reddit, but my Internet was down (fuck Comcast)! Its finally working and now I need as many eyes on the look out as possible. Apparently the kids had been stealing food from the block party and a parent asked what one of their names were. He said, "Caden". They were clearly scoping the block and probably thought we were not inside. The kids were about 11-13 years old. Both pretty skinny/scrawny. Caden, the kid who rode off on my bike is black with short hair. The other is Hispanic with long wavy hair.

Recovery Information

Recovery Notes: 
This bike was recovered: 
No