Here's the skinny.

When I first read this post, aside from striking close to home I was amazed at the details posted about the criminals. It was mandatory to print this and post it at my Accessory station near the front door ( a very high traffic area). Of course several employees read it as with any thing else I leave laying out.

This guy that drives the Ford Harley truck drops his bike off to have some work done, we hadn't really put the two together at that point. However, when he dropped by Friday morning to check on the bike doofus parked all crocked in front of service, taking up half the handicap parking area. That is when one of our sharper sales dudes recognized the plate number. He involved a guy from Service who called HPD with the case number and indeed the Auto Division wanted this guy bad. You see, in addition to the bike thefts he skipped out on not one but two $50,000 bail bonds.

It was great because we had several undercover guys posted up waiting on his return. It was almost thwarted when he showed up a couple of hours early to pick it up. The moment it went down he was leaning on the parts counter reading some rag and the undercover guy came up, pinned him to the computer on the counter - and at this point Mr undercover still hadn't ID'd himself so the crook thought someone was fighting him. They spun around into the tire rack and onto the cold tile floor, facedown. The crook is kinda thin and doesn't weigh much, and of course the undercover guy was corn-fed. Once down several uniformed HPD's rushed in and pretty much it was over at that point. What scores double for HPD is the fact they dispatched a tow vehicle with the uniform guys.

Here's the kicker: His girlfriend and son was with him. His son was probably 4 and for a fleeting second I felt bad for him but then realized this is due to the lack of any sound decision making on his fathers behalf. Mom had warrants for her arrest too but they let her go because of the kid. I think they were traffic violations or something, not that it makes it OK. Later Mom calls up and asks what happend to the other guy !? We had no idea there was another individual with them so I guess we are only 50/50.

I was glad to get him off the street but the reality is there are probably hundreds more in this zip code alone that deserve the same treatment.

Keep posting info on thugs, lets see how many we can take down..........

Just for the record the bike he dropped off was titled to him (a 929 or 954, I can't remember) but the engine number did not match the frame number.