Saline police seeking to identify owners of confiscated bikes
Saline police are looking to identify the owners of these two bikes taken into polcie custody on Saturday.
Kyle Feldscher | AnnArbor.com
Saline police are looking for the owners of two bikes found near the UAW Local 892 last weekend after attempting to follow footprints that led away from the area.
According to a Saline police report, officers were on patrol at 2:40 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Woodland Drive investigating a report of suspicious people in the area. Officers found footprints in the area but were unable to locate any individuals.
After losing track of the footprints, police went back to the area where they seemed to originate, near the UAW hall, 601 E. Woodland Drive. There they found two bikes.
Police did not specify if they believe the bikes were stolen.
“We’re just looking to identify the owners,” Detective Don Lupi said.
The bikes are a black freestyle action series and a Trailblazer Shogun that is black, blue, red and white in color.
Anyone with information on these bikes is encouraged to call Lupi at 734-429-7911 or email him at dlupi@city-saline.org.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Paul
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 11:14 p.m.
They took those bikes in case the would be crooks were using them for transportation..if nobody claims them, then that what it was. Lesson, even crooks need to hide/lock their bikes, lol
Kevin McNulty
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 1:43 p.m.
Detective Lupi, if you have not done this already, try this. If the Shogun is a bike sold at a bike shop, check your local shop. Often bike shops are logging in serial numbers with information on purchasers. Huffys are often sold from department stores however if you contact the manufacturer to see if anyone returned the warranty card you can get purchaser info. Worked for me quite a few times.
tbsgc
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 3:45 a.m.
police is mispelled in the photo caption (the second time).
arborani
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 4:31 p.m.
Touche', Brad.
Brad
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 3:07 p.m.
"mispelled"?
Billy
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 2:23 a.m.
Sounds more like the police "confiscated" two bikes for no legitimate legal reason.... That pretty much amounts to theft...
Geez
Sun, Mar 10, 2013 : 5:09 p.m.
Common sense goes a long way Billy. If these bikes were sitting there for a "legitimate reason" someone would have called the police rather quickly when they discovered them missing. That hasn't happened.
a2citizen
Sun, Mar 10, 2013 : 1:45 a.m.
Bummer those bikes were left on private property (the UAWs).
Paul
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 11:22 p.m.
Oh yeah, tracking dogs can't track bicycles too well either. Yep, cops don;t like bicycles unless "junior" is riding them.
Paul
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 11:18 p.m.
Cops really don;t like bicycles. They are not register and don;t have to be, so its harder to track down who the owner is. Yet a bike can get you miles away in a reasonable amount of time--unlike walking.
ArthGuinness
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 3:28 p.m.
Wow, got some people on here who have nothing better to do with their time than complain about police investigating suspicious activities and trying to find the legitimate owners of some property (bikes). Note that Billy and racerx didn't read the sentence where it mentioned the possibility of the bikes being stolen.
racerx
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 1:52 p.m.
Evidence based on what? It was only reported that "suspicious people" were in the area (what ever that means). There are no reports of any crime taking place, or the building broken into. And the Trailblazer isn't a high end bike worth recording serial numbers. Small time town, small time news events, small minded police dept hoping something is larger than it is.
Kevin McNulty
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 1:43 p.m.
The legitimate legal reason is collection of evidence.
quetzalcoatl
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 1:06 a.m.
Good to see time weighing heavily on police out Saline way, at last.
a2citizen
Sat, Mar 9, 2013 : 1:53 a.m.
"...investigating a report of suspicious people in the area..." Should they have ignored the telephone call of a tax paying citizen?