Bradenton Beach police were “working a bike theft with suspects involved.”
Detective Sgt. Lenard Diaz said March 24 the department received a report March 20 that two bikes were stolen from a residence. One was a motor-assisted model and both were secured with strong locks, Diaz said.
One bike was recovered March 21, after a friend of the victim saw a woman cycling east along Cortez Road West toward Bradenton and notified the victim.
The victim and their friend located the woman and the bicycle at a 7-Eleven near the intersection of Cortez Road West and Palma Sola Boulevard in Bradenton.
A Manatee County Sheriff’s deputy responded and the bicycle was returned to the owner, Diaz said.
The woman who had been riding the bicycle told police she received it from an acquaintance and was unaware it was stolen.
The motor-assisted bike remains missing.
— Amy V.T. Moriarty