Busted

By now you've probably heard about the recent high profile bike theif arrest in Austin. It's been covered in the news and in several local and national blogs. If not, here's APD's official take on the case and here's also a link to a local news story.

To summarize, this guy allegedly would befriend people either at races or through Craigslist type ads, find out what bikes they own, find out when they wouldn't be home, then break into their homes and steal their bikes. Police recovered over $60,000 worth of bikes from him.

Anyway, just goes to remind you that there are unsavory people everywhere. So I guess I'm not paranoid for meeting people in public places when I have to sell something and talking to door to door solicitors on my porch instead of through an door open (assuming I acknowledge them at all).