Burnette
04-20-2019, 06:33 AM
A bike thief that stole a $5,000 bicycle from a bike shop returned it because he was constantly recognized from surveillance video shown on TV. He has been linked to three other bike shop thefts.
The alleged thief, Paul Verdugo, Jr cut the drops off the bars to mimic "a climbing bike". The bike will be repaired and serviced a d sold for $4,000.
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After gaining the trust of the staff with his knowledge of high-end road bikes, Verdugo, 42, handed over an ID and did a few loops in the parking lot. Then he sprinted out to the street, disappearing around the corner and stealing what had been the shop’s most expensive bike for sale.
The thief explained who he was and that he wanted to return the bike, confessing that he was tired of everyone recognizing him from TV. His face had been broadcast all over local and national news, publicly connecting him to the theft. A former high-school classmate had recognized him. Even over in Europe, news stations had covered the theft and shown his face.
“He said, ‘I can’t go anywhere or do anything, everyone knows me and this bike,’” store manager Anthony Karambellas said. “He said he wanted to part ways and get this over with, but we told him, ‘That’s not quite how this works, dude.’”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bicycling.com/news/amp27206927/bike-thief-returns-bike/
The alleged thief, Paul Verdugo, Jr cut the drops off the bars to mimic "a climbing bike". The bike will be repaired and serviced a d sold for $4,000.
Story here;
After gaining the trust of the staff with his knowledge of high-end road bikes, Verdugo, 42, handed over an ID and did a few loops in the parking lot. Then he sprinted out to the street, disappearing around the corner and stealing what had been the shop’s most expensive bike for sale.
The thief explained who he was and that he wanted to return the bike, confessing that he was tired of everyone recognizing him from TV. His face had been broadcast all over local and national news, publicly connecting him to the theft. A former high-school classmate had recognized him. Even over in Europe, news stations had covered the theft and shown his face.
“He said, ‘I can’t go anywhere or do anything, everyone knows me and this bike,’” store manager Anthony Karambellas said. “He said he wanted to part ways and get this over with, but we told him, ‘That’s not quite how this works, dude.’”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bicycling.com/news/amp27206927/bike-thief-returns-bike/