[AFU General] Stolen Bikes Released

[Theresa McGee]

re: igor, 14 division and more than meets the eye...
wow, and the anarchists are celebrating the valorous efforts of 14
division!

anybody think there might be grounds for a corruption case against the
po? or all y'all too busy villifying a lowly bike mechanic? folks in
my family have gotten to know igor, he's shared his knowledge, skills,
bike parts, with 'everybody who's nobody'... you may not know or trust
the guy, but do you really feel that much more cozy with the local
constabulary? just puttin it out there...

"Does anyone think it's a coincidence that Igor was busted less than a
week after his "candid" comments about bike theft in Toronto appeared
in The Sun newspaper? I've retrieved my "stolen bike" from his shop on
two separate occasions. The first time, detectives at 14 Divsion
demanded that I pay $250 so they could "reimburse" Igor the value of
the pawn. The second time the bike was stolen, I went directly to the
shop, located the bike and called 52 Division and insisted that a
uniformed officer help me retrieve the bike. When the officers arrived
they assisted me (without cost) in retrieving the bike. Maybe the
police grew weary of their longstanding relationship with Igor."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/07/17/bike-theft.html#socialcomments

> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:41:32 -0400
> From: info at anarchistu.org
> Subject: [AnarchistU] Stolen Bikes Released
> CC: announce at anarchistu.org
> To: mcgee_theresa at hotmail.com
>
> hello all,
>
> hope no one minds this announcement, even though it hasn't directly
to do
> with afu (though many afuers have had their bikes stolen) --
>
> as many of you have no doubt heard (and are most likely rejoicing at
the
> news) Igor, the notorious bike thief of trinity bellwoods, has been
> arrested, incidentally, just 3 days after this article was printed:
>
>
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/07/13/6142756-sun.html
>
> news of the 'sting' and subsequent arrest:
>
>
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/07/17/6181516-sun.ht
ml
>
> Police Services are holding an Open House this weekend so that
anyone
> who's had a bike lifted can go and see if they can find it again:
>
>
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080718/bike_thef
ts_080718/20080718
>
> Location: 9 Hanna Ave
>
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=9+Hanna+Ave&sll=43.647
774,-79.414763&sspn=0.006785,0.013111&ie=UTF8&ll=43.638296,-79.419136&
spn=0.006786,0.013111&z=16
>
> Time: between 10am saturday and 6pm sunday
>
> Police are asking that people bring ID and, if possible, pictures of
their
> bikes (unless they have serial numbers or receipts).
>
> hope you find your bike,
>
> X