Police Recover Two Stolen Motorcycles
Police officers recovered two stolen motorcycles in two separate incidents, with the riders abandoning the motorcycles in both cases.
First Incident
A police spokesperson said, “Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, 2025, police officers were on mobile patrol on Front Street, City of Hamilton when they observed a motorcycle travelling at speed in easterly direction out of the city.
“Officers activated their emergency equipment and followed the motorcycle and instructed the rider to stop. The subject, a male, complied and switched off the bike engine.
“However, as an officer exited the police vehicle to approach the rider, he switched the engine on and sped off along Crow Lane headed back into the city.
“Officers activated their emergency equipment in pursuit of the rider who rode along Spurling Hill, and made an illegal right turn onto Cavendish Road. As officers reached the junction of Middle Road and Montpelier Road, they observed the same motorcycle with its engine still running and laying on the roadway.
“A search of the area for the rider was unsuccessful. A subsequent check confirmed the bike which was removed to the police impound, had previously been reported stolen.
“An arrest in relation to this matter is imminent.
Second Incident
“Meanwhile, around midnight on Saturday, February 22, 2025, officers were on mobile patrol on North Shore Road, Flatt’s when they observed, with a male motorcycle rider in the parking lot of the nearby Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
“As the officers approached the rider sped off west along Middle Road. Officers followed the cycle onto Vesey Street, Loyal Hill Pass and left onto North Shore Road towards Pembroke.
“The rider eventually abandoned the bike near the junction of Palmetto Road and Parsons Road and fled on foot north towards North Shore Road making good his escape.
“Checks revealed this bike had also previously been reported stolen.”
Increase the penalty for bike theft so that they will actually fear committing the crime. These people dont work, they spend all day driving around in teams looking for bikes to steal. Any thief should be tracked with GPS monitors for a period of 10 years, forced to pay the value of a whole new bike regardless of level of damage to stolen bike, pay for suffering and distress and inconvenience, and get mandatory 5 years prison sentence no parole, with 10yrs GPS tracking after release. Steal again, you get 10 yrs sentence no parole, double it each time. Let’s vote this in, and watch thefts drop.
I agree, you are correct about the teams but I can’t remember the last time a thief was convicted for bike theft, there are something like 50 thefts a week. Also those buying stolen parts should be in prison alongside the thieves. The issue with bike dealers not carring spare parts or marking them up to crazy levels does not help either. Why on earth do they stop people from recycling parts from the airport dump? Also bait bikes should be used to catch these lowlifes.
These thieves were only caught by luck, not because the BPS went looking for them.
Nothing is done to discourage bike theft.
Bike replacement for the owner should be automatic. No option for the judge to give anything less. Travel documents of the thief should be held by the courts until the bike is paid for. The license of the thief should be suspended until the bike is paid for. No vehicle license should be linked to the thief until the bike, plus any other theft expenses are paid for.
That would be the minimums. Any fines would be in addition to compensation to the bike owner. Minimum fines should cover expenses incurred by the police and the courts prosecuting the thief.
Come down heavy on these lowlifes and you might get their attenton. In this new age of ‘fairness’ it is only fair that the people using the services of the police and courts to prosecute them should pay for those services.
“Nothing is done to discourage bike theft.”
Nothing is done to enforce traffic laws, what makes you think the Criminal Code is being actively enforced?
The governor’s responsibility is to ensure the cops do their job, not just to install British officers. I see hundreds of people convicted of speeding every time traffic stats are listed, so they do enforce some traffic laws, the lack of visible presence encourages lawlessness.
On the plus side, the bikes were not tossed into the water. So many bikes are used for joyriding and then splash! I stopped reporting what I found snorkeling years ago because BPS never retrieved any bikes that I reported.