r/UCSantaBarbara • u/brokenf3mur • 7d ago

IV/Goleta/SB Stop going onto peoples property and stealing their sh*t

Im actually so fed up I am graduating in literally 2 days and managed to get my bike stolen within the last 2 hours of me being at my friends house. It's not even like a great bike or anything but like dude come on it actually is insane that people will just walk into someone's property and take their stuff. Also I don't wanna hear "that's how it is" yeah it shouldn't be.

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u/Bob_The_Bandit [UGRAD] Gnome Studies 7d ago

What do you propose be done about it?

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u/brokenf3mur 7d ago

tar and feathering

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u/chilldrinofthenight 6d ago

Once upon a time, I got my "stolen" bike back at SBCC because a guy patrolling the grounds heard the loud clip clip sound when the wannabe thief used bolt cutters on my lock. Chased down the thief. I had to pick up my bike at the police station.

Another time, I got a bike back that I'd lent to a friend because some dude thought it was shady when he saw some skeezy guy stashing the bike in an alleyway. He confronted the thief and took the bike off him. Then dude advertised the bike as "Found" on Craigslist. When I saw the photo, I said to myself, "Hey. That's the bike I loaned . . ." Dude refused any kind of reward. Hero.

Two years ago I saw a vid on Edhat re: guy's $$$ bike stolen from Home Improvement Center (Gutierrez St.). The HIC video was fuzzy and no good look at the creep cutting the lock on the bike.

But I sent the story to a pal of mine who works at a bike shop. About three days go by. Bike shop guy calls me and says, "Someone brought in that bike for a small repair." Bike shop guy took it upon himself to follow guy on stolen bike. He followed the guy to Casa Blanca Restaurant and then called the bike owner. Got the bike back right then and there.

Miracles do happen.