Location
My apartment
909 S. Bishop street, Garden Apartment
Chicago
, IL
United States
See map: Google Maps
Date of Theft
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 3:45am
Basic Bike Info
Bicycle Type:
Mountain Bike
Serial No.:
unfortunately I don't know
Size:
24" women's
Color:
blue
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
Looked relatively knew because it had been sitting in the garage for years. It was bike from childhood, so probably purchased c.1995. No remarkable distinguising features besides that the gears and brakes needed repair.
Owner Information
Owner Name:
L. Hall
Contact Email:
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Contact Phone Number:
7082029422
Police Report No.:
not filed yet
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?:
Front of building in residential area.
How long was the bike locked in this location?:
As my apartment is a garden or basement apartment, I have a large entryway into which the bike theif would have had to enter to even see the bike as it was against the back wall because it did not have a lock on it. It remained unlocked in ths space for
Incident Description:
The time noted above is the time I left my apartment for class on Thursday. Upon returning around 11pm, my bike was no longer there. This has been my typical schedule over the past couple weeks since the bike had been strategically placed against the wall, such that it could not be seen from the sidewalk since I did not have a lock for it yet. As also noted above, the most unusual detail is the scrapes on my door that were also present following the dissappearance of my bike. I have not filed a police report yet as I do not have a picture of bike and there is nothing visually distinguisable about it. But if that is the recommendation, I will file one ASAP.
So to answer your question, it has been suggested that someone may have been watching the bike as I had not been locking it or someone must have entered Bishop street through the gangway and seen the bike then deciding to take it, as it truly was not visibile from the regular sidewalk. That's really all I can ascertain about the situation.