Get Your Stolen Bike Back This Weekend

Posted by Roger Cullman
Filed in City
September 6, 2008

Igor Kenk's stolen bike parts hang by a nail on a garage raided by Toronto police
This weekend is your last chance to recover your stolen bike from the hordes of stolen bikes recovered by police during raids on Igor Kenk and his bike clinic.

As of last Tuesday, a total of 2,865 bikes were seized by Toronto police over the course of a few weeks in July. Remarkably, only about 20 percent of those bikes have been returned to their owners.

Kenk was arrested and faces a total of 58 theft and drug-related charges.

You can take a look at the stash today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 35 Strachan Ave.

Even if your bike was stolen in Toronto over a year or two ago, there's a chance it was stored for a while in one of the garages that the police raided.

If you haven't already registered your bike, take a few minutes and fill out the TPS Bicycle Registration Form now. You'll be glad you did.

Be sure to include any identifiable marks or additions you may have made to your bike since its original purchase. The more decorated or customized your bike is, the greater the likelihood of it being recovered, or not stolen in the first place.

If your bike gets stolen, you'll likely never get it back if it's not registered.

Photo by Roger Cullman.

nick on September 6, 2008 at 1:31 AM

so obviously all these bikes aren't going to be claimed.
does anyone know if there is going to be some sort of mass bike police auction happening at some point?
i mean, there's got to be lots of decent, totally ridable bikes just sitting idle that i'm sure many people would love to get their hands on for a reasonable price at auction.

glsmb on September 6, 2008 at 3:21 AM

police act requires they be auctioned...but only after all the charges dealing with them against kenk have been dealt with...so it'll be a while...but i really wanna bike too

Ryan LaFlamme on September 6, 2008 at 12:10 PM

Me too! Can't wait for the auction!

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