Lime bike phone theft 11.12.24 7pm

[Wreath-theif]

Hi,

To the young lady who had her phone stolen by a lime bike this evening at the junction of Brenchley Gardens and Forest Hill rd.

I chased the thief and retrieved your phone.
When i returned to the junction, you were gone.

If you are reading this or know her, DM me.

[ianr]

Well done.   If you're interested in helping to possibly nail down the perp -- to get them identified at least, even if the police/CPS don't end up with enough for a prosecution -- I wonder if it would be helpful to: (1) contact Lime now, to tell them of the time and location and incident, and that you are reporting the theft to the police, and ask them if they are able and willing to check their bike location records for the incident and _retain_ them for use by the police.  It may be that records of each bike user's travels may not be retained long after their hire period has ended.  And (2) notify the police on-line, with the basic facts.  

Edited December 11, 2024 by ianr

[tiddles]

That’s fantastic- well done - fingers crossed you find the owner 

[Wreath-theif]

44 minutes ago, ianr said:

Well done.   If you're interested in helping to possibly nail down the perp -- to get them identified at least, even if the police/CPS don't end up with enough for a prosecution -- I wonder if it would be helpful to: (1) contact Lime now, to tell them of the time and location and incident, and that you are reporting the theft to the police, and ask them if they are able and willing to check their bike location records for the incident and _retain_ them for use by the police.  It may be that records of each bike user's travels may not be retained long after their hire period has ended.  And (2) notify the police on-line, with the basic facts.  

Excellent idea. Have just done that!thanks

[Kipper_1972]

Keep the phone charged and the owner might eventually locate you if you leave a note on your door ("I found your phone") else they might think it's where the thief lives....

[Wreath-theif]

4 minutes ago, Kipper_1972 said:

Keep the phone charged and the owner might eventually locate you if you leave a note on your door ("I found your phone") else they might think it's where the thief lives....

 

Reported to Met Police and Lime Bikes already. Hoping someone knows her so she can have her phone back....

[sandyman]

1 hour ago, ianr said:

Well done.   If you're interested in helping to possibly nail down the perp -- to get them identified at least, even if the police/CPS don't end up with enough for a prosecution -- I wonder if it would be helpful to: (1) contact Lime now, to tell them of the time and location and incident, and that you are reporting the theft to the police, and ask them if they are able and willing to check their bike location records for the incident and _retain_ them for use by the police.  It may be that records of each bike user's travels may not be retained long after their hire period has ended.  And (2) notify the police on-line, with the basic facts.  

Wouldn't it be lovely if the actual bike could be identified via GPS/time/triangulation and that it turned out that the perp had hired it using their own credit card and that the police would act decisively if given that info. Sadly I think there's too many ifs in that sentence. But well done for being a good samaritan.

Edited December 11, 2024 by sandyman

[jazzer]

Well done to the person who recovered the phone and posting it up on here and the other forum. Good on you Sir for doing so. 

[Wreath-theif]

The phone has been reunited with its owner. Result!

[sebastiondangerfield]

Did you give him a good shoein?

[Kipper_1972]

11 hours ago, Wreath-theif said:

The phone has been reunited with its owner. Result!

How did the triangulation eventually happen?

[Wreath-theif]

We kept the phone charged. Eventually the next day she located the signal and knocked on all the doors on our side of the street. She was beside herself with happiness and bought us flowers. 

[Happyme5]

Wow you did a very brave thing.  Sometimes you just feel well proud to be a Londoner.  Bless you 🙏