I just spoke to a friend of mine that used to be a detective in Montana and she explained that where she worked, pawn shops are required to hold them for 30 days from the time they have been pawned, to give time for people to report and recover them. The pawn shops are also required to enter in any serial numbers on the merchandise into a special database that the police have access to.
In this case, it worked exactly like it was supposed to: the pawn shop entered the serial number into the database, which then sent an alert to the police officer who was working on Carlos' case because the serial number matched. The pawn shop returned the bike, and the pawn shop will seek restitution from the person who pawned the bike. They paid $200 for the bike, so they can bring a small claims against that person--they have their name and contact info. Sonia On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Kevin Luecke <[email protected]> wrote: > Would a city ordinance banning pawn shops from buying & selling bikes be a > good idea? Does anyone legitimately ever pawn a bike? I am convinced that > 100% of the bikes I have seen in pawn shops have been stolen. The problem > with this I suppose is that you could easily expand the restriction to any > number of things that pawn shops deal in.... > > Just a Friday thought. > > Kevin > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: William Hauda <[email protected]> > To: Sonia Dubielzig <[email protected]>, Bikies < > [email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:36:46 -0600 > Subject: Re: [Bikies] bike stolen > > More than good, it's great! If the outcome is a conviction and > sentence, this, adequately publicized in the media, might just provide a > deterrent to other sneak thieves. > > At 02:54 PM 12/5/2014, Sonia Dubielzig wrote: > > Good news! The fat bike (which was my husband's) was recovered at Pawn > America on the east side today. It was nearly intact, only missing a > couple accessories. > > We're very grateful to the MPD for the fast turnaround. The police have > the surveillance video from the pawn store and will be contacting the > person who pawned the bike to find out how they got it. > > Sonia > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Meiers, Steven <[email protected]> > wrote: > >  > > > http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/winter-bicyclist-has-bike-stolen-police-say/article_e7e71c7f-cda4-5552-ae48-28b7003ad092.html > > > Steve Meiers > > Safety educator > > (608) 267-1102 > > Box 2986 > > Madison WI 53701 > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > -- > Safe Routes to School Coordinator > Madison Metropolitan School District > Office: 608-663-5454 > [email protected] > https://tnlweb.madison.k12.wi.us/saferoutes > MMSD teachers--check out the teaching resources on C&I's webpage > <https://curriculum.madison.k12.wi.us/curriculum-instruction-staff-only>! > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > -- > > *Kevin [email protected] <[email protected]>* > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- Safe Routes to School Coordinator Madison Metropolitan School District Office: 608-663-5454 [email protected] https://tnlweb.madison.k12.wi.us/saferoutes MMSD teachers--check out the teaching resources on C&I's webpage <https://curriculum.madison.k12.wi.us/curriculum-instruction-staff-only>!
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