Bike theft and vigilantism

Don’t steal bikes, Bro.

Some bike messengers last month took justice into their own hands when they caught two suspected thieves, teenage boys who attended a local Catholic high school. According to police, the messengers stripped down the teens to their boxer shorts before taking their cellphones, backpacks and clothes.

More in LA Times Blog: L.A. sees big jump in bike thefts, prompting some vigilante justice.



See also:

  1. Bike theft on Caltain
  2. Bike saddle anti theft
  3. San Francisco: Bike theft sting
  4. 46 years for bike theft