Mass Bike Thief Arrested, Eight More Bikes Found

Remember yesterday when the cops found over 100 stolen bikes in Oakland? Well, they arrested someone in connection with the stolen property, and that someone is an 18 year old twerp by the name of Irving Sanchez. From the SFPD press release:

San Francisco Police recovered 114 stolen bicycles, the result of a search warrant issued by a judge of the Superior Court on May 15, 2012. Irving Sanchez, 18, of San Francisco was taken into custody at his residence on May 17, 2012.

Members of the Station Investigation Team (SIT) at Ingleside Police Station were led to Sanchez’s San Francisco residence on the 200 block of Charter Oak Avenue, where police located 8 bicycles stored in the kitchen. A further search yielded evidence leading to two self-serve storage lockers on the 5200 block of Coliseum Way in Oakland. A search warrant was issued for both the 200 block of Charter Oak and the 5200 block of Coliseum Way. When police entered the storage lockers, one locker contained 25 bicycles. Police then proceeded to a second storage locker within the unit, where they found an additional 81 bicycles. Police also recovered eighty bicycle tires and a bicycle frame inside the second locker.

Sanchez was booked at San Francisco County Jail on numerous felony counts of receiving stolen property.

You can view the press release in full here, including images of all the newly recovered bikes.

[via SFPD]

Comments (3)

i blame society.

One more reason why SF should just have a strict 21+ rule within the city limits. My car has been stolen twice in 5 months parked in the Castro. How much do you want to bet it was a felt tip marker brandishing little shit? I’d like to place eleventy billion on it.

When I first saw the headline about a compulsive bike thief being caught I felt sure it was going to be Bobby.