Portland bike theft expert takes down international crime ring
Hance worked four years on this one and gets his due with major media coverage.
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Hance worked four years on this one and gets his due with major media coverage.
It worked beautifully. And it looked even better.
The three bikes are custom and one-of-a-kind so should be easy to spot.
The ordinance language doesn’t mention bikeways specifically, but several provisions will make the new ban apply to them.
Jarolimek’s death in a right-hook collision in 2007 sent shockwaves through our community.
Royal shares his version of that incident in South Waterfront, and much more.
Stories like this are often inherently messy. Let me try to clean it up.
With any luck he will serve the full length of his latest sentence and his crime spree will finally end.
I have never once been so scared of losing a bike that I won’t park it around town.
The victim used a heavy-duty u-lock, but it didn’t matter.
With thieves feeling little to no resistance from authorities, volunteer activists are stepping up to fill the void.
Los Angeles City Council voted 11-3 Tuesday in favor of a new law that would target people who sell and repair used bikes in public without a permit. The ordinance targets bicycle thieves who live outside and critics say it unfairly targets homeless people. Bicycle “chop shops” are relatively common in Portland. We’ve reported on … Read more
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