- Location
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Sanford, CA 94305
- Locking description
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U-lock
- Locking circumvented
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Object that bike was locked to was broken, removed, or otherwise compromised.
- Stolen at
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2019-07-10T13:00:00-0500
- Police report #
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SR 19-1262F
- Department & city
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Stanford Department of Public Safety
- Description of incident
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I believe a thief is casing bikes on Stanford's campus and crowding racks with beater bikes (older bikes), taping the racks, and quickly making a move on OTHER targeted bikes which happen to select the chosen pre-cut rack.
This is what happened to me today – the rack was crowded with other bikes, and so my only option was to lock my U-Lock to my frame, and NOT (as usual) through the rear wheel/crank, since the frame was crowded with other bikes.
This gave the thief an opportunity to remove the pre-cut paet of the bike RACK & make a getaway with my bike, since the loose U-Lock had not secured the crank or wheel (yes, I ought to have used a cable too, but he would have made quick work of the cable lock too).