CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – In a gated community, with cameras all around, police are working yet another case of crooks ‘boosting bikes’ and residents are upset.
“That bike (has) been one of my dreams since I was a kid,” said Shane Powell. “Riding a bike was my dream since a kid and I have been working on it every day.”
Powell has many questions, including how the crooks managed to drive off with his Suzuki GSXR 600.
He got a call from his neighbor early Tuesday morning, whose own bike cover had been tampered with. That’s when Powell looked outside and realized his bike was missing altogether.
“They been seen on the camera at least 10 times just circling, circling, circling,” said the neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified.
That neighbor’s camera captured at least two people roaming the complex for hours. A black Mercedes would follow them around as they appeared to eye the bikes and look up into the camera. The neighbor said the security gates were open at the complex near University Drive and West Atlantic Boulevard.
The cameras and bike locks appeared to have deterred the complex wanderers.
The theft however comes on the heels of another pricey bike boosted in Margate just last month.
Local 10 obtained a video that showed two people loading a black 2016 Yamaha R6 into a minivan.
In this most recent case, Powell said he didn’t have the bike locks like his neighbor did, but his SunPass clocked the thief heading south on the Florida Turnpike, appearing to get off on Hollywood Boulevard at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Coral Springs police at 954-344-1800 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.