NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: TV Thief Uses Bike As A Getaway Vehicle
When Steven Long, 23, who was riding a bike with a 59-inch TV “wedged between his lap and the handlebars,” saw a bicycle patrol officer he panicked and “ditched the bike, and its cargo, and fled,” Orlando Sentinel reports:
Long was caught in a back yard on Palm Grove Court, police said. Officers later spoke to residents of a Wells Drive home, who had reported a burglary.
The victims identified the television as theirs, and told police they'd been sleeping when someone pried the side door to their garage open and stole their TV and other items. …
The stolen property was returned to the victims, police said, but the television - which the victims said they'd bought for $2,000 less than a week earlier - was broken beyond repair.
Long was arrested for burglary of an occupied dwelling and felony theft, and jailed in lieu of $13,000 bail.
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