Bicycle chop shop outside of Philadlephia
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) A suburban Philadelphia prosecutor says it appears that a 17-year-old boy was running a “bicycle chop shop.”
Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said Wednesday that police found 15 to 20 bicycles and assorted bicycle parts in the teen’s father’s home.
Ferman wouldn’t say if any of the bikes had been reported stolen, but she’s seeking the public’s help in identifying them. She believes hundreds of bikes may have gone through the home in recent months.
Authorities are investigating whether the bicycles are connected to a recent string of assaults on bicyclists on the Schuylkill River Trail. The teen is charged in juvenile court with simple assault from one such confrontation last week that ended with the bicyclist firing a gun at his attackers.
I’m sad to say Norristown is where I was born and I hope the idea doesn’t move here.
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Risa Vetri Ferman is a bit of a publicity hound and is angling for higher office. From what I saw, most of the bikes looked to be kids 20” wheel BMX bikes of the department store variety. There have been a series of incidents on the Schuylkill River Trail, but I doubt these bikes were taken from their owners on the trail. It’s more likely that they were taken from front porches nearby.