OP not to dissuade you from going to the police, but if it is stolen they could still attempt to charge you with receiving stolen merchandise. Be careful, some police just like to be ruthless. I see it a lot in my line of work.
Receiving stolen property can also be a felony depending on how expensive the item is. I was on probation for a year because of it.
I sold a brand new 1500 dollaes schwinn that had been rideen twice for 300 dollars. A 500 dollar bike fpr 175 isnt suspicious to me.. maybe they didnt use It
Ok, just to be clear, you're a member of GrassCity, and you're thinking of calling the police? Seems ill-advised at best. Unless you live in a medical sate (or Colorado or Washington {WIN!}) you better make DAMN sure there's nothing laying about, stinking up the place, or anything like that.
Common sense dictates that if you are calling police for any reason you wouldn't smoke a blunt in the house right before they get there or leave bongs pipes scales and bags on the table. in sure he didn't need reminding. interestingly enough, I bought an apparently stolen GPS and iPad from craigslist, and right now as we speak in waiting in the lobby of the adult intensive probation office for my PO.wanna guess why in on probation for 3 years? Theft by receiving.
what kind of bike is it? pics? And yes, dude above was right, the serial number is on the bottom bracket
Wow..bunch of paranoid stoners in this thread. The police aren't going to arrest you for bringing your bike into the station and asking if they have knowledge of it being stolen. Lots of people do this for various items purchased over the internet.
