<div>I don't think they tend to stash hoards of bikes away. If you try to sell hoards of bikes to someone, anyone, it raises too much suspicion. Plus, they take a lot of space to store, people notice, etc. Opportunistic theft tends to lend itself to a quick and easy sale on the cheap somewhere. Then again, your mileage may vary. Better to apprehend him, i would think than to possibly lose him in the tail or let the evidence get away.
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<div>Count me among those who don't actually care *why* he was stealing. Those matters can (and should) be dealt with as part of sentencing/rehabilitation, etc. If stealing is acceptable based on the underlying motivation then it just confuses things further as to what's right and what's wrong, and that line is fuzzy enough as it is.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew J Heining</b> <<a href="mailto:andrewjh@gmail.com">andrewjh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">@Andy:<br>I kinda wish I'd just followed the guy to where he was keeping the bikes he stole. If I had my wits about me, I'd have laid low, tailed him to his stash, and then called the 5-0. That way maybe some people who'd already had bikes stolen could get theirs back, and the police would have at least two people in custody -- James and his female accomplice.
<br>I could care less about why the guy tried to steal Lee's bike. He was stealing. That's wrong. I saw that and acted in the best way I knew of to try to A: stop him, and B: make sure he didn't escape to do it again.
<br>Go Sox!<br>-Andrew<br><br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><br>As much as I would like to see this discussion die off, I am curious to hear from anyone who has a proposal of what Andrew and Lee could have done differently in this situation that would have been better in terms of its outcome for all involved parties.
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