Bicycle Thief Dies, Leaves Over 1,000 Bikes
MELBOURNE, Australia - The death of a suspected bicycle thief has saddled police with an intriguing problem - what to do with his houseful of bikes.
Police said Friday the man, who was in his 60s and whose identity was not released, died last week while trying to steal a bike in the southern city of Melbourne. They did not elaborate on the cause of death.
Officers discovered the cache of about 1,000 bicycles when they went to inform the man's relatives in the nearby town of Geelong of his death.
“In every room including his bedroom, bathroom and kitchen there are bikes, bike helmets, parts, chains, seats and tires ... it's something else,” said Senior Sergeant Adrian Benny. “There are also bikes down the side of the house and there are two sheds full.”
Now they have the problem of working out which of the roughly 1,000 bicycles were bought by the man, which were stolen, and how to return the heisted ones.
“It's a logistical nightmare,” Benny said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/22/national/main607858.shtml
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