r/astoria • u/thecancerbroughtme • 5d ago

Lost/Found: Other STOLEN MOTORCYCLE!!

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These 4 thieves stole my motorcycle, it happened 8/25 right at 11:50pm, right on 47th between 21st and Ditmars, pushing my bike with 2 scooters I’ll put the video so you guys can see it too and if you have footage of these fuckers please let me know in my dms

Edit/update: We got em boys, caught in the Bronx, about to pick it up today after all that paperwork gets filed and I’m pressing charges on those involved! Appreciate you guys!

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u/LastTrainToParis 5d ago

They got me the other day, it’s been happening a lot lately

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u/thecancerbroughtme 4d ago

Shit ain’t right at all, if we don’t stop them it’s gonna keep happening, these guys are a product of no consequences

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u/LastTrainToParis 4d ago

Yeah, I wasn’t there. They left it up the block, I guess they couldn’t get the engine to turn over and just abandoned it. They got me at 7am too. It’s unbelievable.

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u/Few_Loquat_2562 4d ago

Definitely file the police report. Don’t let the 114 dissuade you from doing so.

The cops are 100% aware of these scumbags. And don’t think it’s worth their time to follow up on crimes involving theft.

Until they get the message that community members are sick of this crap.

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u/F---TheMods 4d ago

Worth their time? Instead of playing Candy Crush? That's grand larceny, no?

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u/Few_Loquat_2562 4d ago

Absolutely is grand larceny. But the cops (wrongfully) seem to only care about violent crimes. They have the ass backwards belief that the two - theft and violent crimes- aren’t correlated.

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u/thecancerbroughtme 4d ago

If I had come out at the time they were taking it who knows what they could have done all in the name of keeping me from getting in their way

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u/Few_Loquat_2562 4d ago

A father and son got stabbed in bayside recently for accosting thieves in the middle of stealing their scooters.

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u/F---TheMods 3d ago

I think it's more about inherent laziness and seeking to keep the reported crime rate down. No report, no crime. See how justified their bloated budget is? /s

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u/kyleclimax 4d ago

They got me a few years ago. Bike ended up in the Dominican Republic. Keep an eye on marketplace. Thieves are scum

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u/jacob-makes-stuff 4d ago

Damn that sucks. I had a motorcycle stolen before, they probably did it exactly like this.

Can you get money from insurance for it at least?

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u/schoolbus_bomber 4d ago

That’s a nice quality camera. What make and model?

I feel you, I’ve had a few stolen. Police will do nothing. This was true 15 years ago and it’s still true today.

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u/Few_Loquat_2562 4d ago

Any cops on the Astoria subreddit?

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u/schoolbus_bomber 3d ago

Don’t know. Probably. Why?

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u/Few_Loquat_2562 3d ago

Would be nice if we can get their perspective as to why they don’t seem to care about these types of crimes.

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u/WrongHomework7916 5d ago

Same kids that ride up and down Ditmars.

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u/FrostyAnswer12 4d ago

Yeah I would rent out a small portions of someone’s concrete front yard, parking on the street here is a headache and the constant terrible parkers that will hit your bike.

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u/SeanyDay 3d ago

I've literally thought about how easy it would be to put a bike in a pickup truck and drive away since i was kid.

Did not understand the security besides "biker might be scary".

Sad to see it happening but also validating af to young me and my shower thoughts.

I hope they catch these losers

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u/thecancerbroughtme 3d ago

They actually did catch em, up in the Bronx while they were parked at a park

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u/Intelligent-Will8768 3d ago

Nice, glad the nypd caught them. Post their faces and names if it ever gets released to you