The group's Mr. Budnick said that most bike thefts could be prevented if only office buildings allowed people to bring their bicycles indoors, but few do.

The Shomrim members did not call the police, who in fact had already arrested two suspects in the bike theft at 6 P.M.

The 50-year-old repair man was hit with 58 charges relating to bike theft and 22 charges relating to drugs.

The biggest reason was not fear for safety but fear of bike theft.

Yes, there is quite a chance that the police will do nothing about another bike theft.

If they can't find the time to come round when someone's garage has been ransacked, what chance does a bike theft stand?

He observed that the victim of a bike theft would steal a bike from someone else to replace it.

Bicycles are routinely registered for use on school and university campuses for the purpose of campus security and as a deterrent to bike theft.

The city of Münster itself is crammed with bikes and on a daily basis cyclists face traffic congestion, bike theft, parking problems and the like.

In a city of some 524,000 annual bike thefts (no joke), I had just experienced my first.Or had I?