GP Police Return Bicycle to Park Boy, 10

police officers were able to track down a stolen bicycle this week and return it to its 10-year-old owner about an hour it was stolen from him by three older boys.

The 10-year-old was outside shortly after 6 p.m. April 3 when three boys, ages 12, 13 and 14, stole his Mongoose bicycle from him, according to a report.

His father began searching the area for the boys and police were called. Responding officers found three boys carrying parts of the Mongoose bicycle while also riding on another bicycle.

They led officers on a short chase before going behind a house in the 3800 block of Cadieux Road and ridding themselves of the bicycle parts. They began talking with the officers and an adult came out of the house and told the boys to tell police the truth about what was going on, according to the report.

As police questioned them, the boys eventually admitted stealing the bicycle and showed them where the parts were lying behind the garage and in tall grass.

Officers took the three boys to the police station, where they were eventually released to a parent.

Then the bicycle was given back to the boy from whom it was stolen.