Crime & Safety
Man Rides Off With $11K Bike From Forest Hills Shop: Police
The man told a store worker in Trek Bicycle Forest Hills that he wanted to take the bike for a test ride, but never returned.
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — A man rode off with a bicycle worth more than $11,000 after telling workers in a Forest Hills bike shop that he wanted to take it for a test ride, according to police.
The man walked into Trek Bicycle on 70th Road near Queens Boulevard the evening of Oct. 26, posing as a customer, a police spokesperson said.
He left to take the store's Trek Domane SLRQ bicycle for a spin, then never came back.
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The NYPD's 112th Precinct released surveillance images Tuesday of the thief, who is still at large.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips on the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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