Police Instagram Locates Stolen $7000 Bicycle

SANTA CRUZ - An Instagram post published by Santa Cruz police is being credited for locating a $7000 bicycle stolen from a local residential garage.

Police say their post was seen by a friend of the bike's owner, who recognized the uniquely-branded EVIL Insurgent bike photo on the Santa Cruz Police lnstagram page, and alerted the owner. Police say the bike owner was out of town, and didn't realize that the bike had been stolen from his garage.

According to authorities, the expensive bike was brought into the police station when they found 25-year-old Johannes Valenzuela trespassing on Barson St. and under the influence of narcotics. Valenzuela allegedly had the bike in his possession, along with stolen items belonging to other victims.

Johannes Valenzuela was arrested for burglary; possession of stolen property; possession of burglary tools; and drug paraphernalia.

Santa Cruz Police say they've been able to return stolen property to five victims because of the arrest.

The Police Department's Lost & Found and Recovered Property items are listed on Pinterest and Instagram:

https://www.pinterest.com/scpdproperty/

https://www.instagram.com/scpdproperty/

Information about the Department's Lost & Found items can be found here.