I guess it's different in Canada, in most places in the US if the property remains unclaimed after a period, (either common law or statutory), of time has elapsed they sell the stuff at auction with either city or department getting the proceeds. It's a win, win, as far as the police department is concerned. It seems entirely too venal for the Canadian authorities to not have the same law.
frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Here's an interesting and slightly strange story about where bicycles >> go to die: >> >> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sting-operation-nets- >> prolific-toronto-bike-thief-907571.html >> >> Bob >> > > Toronto's bike community has known about Igor for a long long time. > In fact, ever since I moved to Toronto in '96 everyone said, "If your > bike's been stolen, the first place to check is Igor's." Depending on > Igor's mood, he'd actually give it back to the original owner, he'd > sell it back for what he paid the thief (most often around $50 to > $100), he'd sell it for market value for a used bike, or he'd deny he > knew anything about it (even while the thing's sitting on his sales > floor). Most often he'd sell it for what he paid the thief, saying > "hey, I didn't know it was stolen!" - even though he obviously did. > > The article you sent is crap - just like all the local newspaper > articles. They talk about the police clamping down on bike theft, and > the surge in thefts early in the summer and how the cops were so > concerned and that's why they suddenly decided to go after him. Truth > is that cyclists have been trying to get the police to go after Igor > for years. When he first opened he was in the middle of a real > down-and-out neighbourhood, and hey, it's not like he was stealing > cars or anything, so who really cared? > > However, over the past four or five years many of the abandonned > warehouses and factories have been converted into expensive condos, > and suddenly the place is all full of art galleries and fancy bistros > and stuff. Now the cops have a reason to "clean the area up" and let > the locals know that they live in a safe neighbourhood. > > Igor had so many bikes he'd have never been able to sell them all - > they're now saying well over 3,000, hoarded in the basement, attic, at > his house. It seems he could never turn down a stolen bike. Very > weird. > > Now the cops have a huge problem because they'll never be able to find > the original owners of all those bikes, and they're going to pay a > fortune warehousing them until their next bike auction. Perhaps had > they gone after him when they should have, ten or more years ago... > > Anyway, thanks for an interesting article, Bob. > > cheers, > frank > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
