r/seattlebike • u/trimTheJib • 2d ago

Black VanMoof abandoned on Westlake

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Saw this last evening (forgot to post then) - it's near the intersection with Valley St.

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u/Hummblerummble 2d ago

Seattle PD puts these out as bait. Usually they have a flimsy bike lock on it. They'll have a GPS tracker hidden in them.

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u/externalhouseguest 1d ago

do you have any links or anything about this?

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u/Hummblerummble 11h ago

Just first hand accounts from youths that got pinched. But they've been using bait cars for a good long while. Now the vanmoof bikes are like $3000 so stealing one of those is grand theft. That comes with a felony charge and 1-5 years of jail time. The kids that I new stole bikes with $300-$500 and they all got off with just a misdemeanor.

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u/CertifiedSeattleite 9h ago

Seattle PD hasn’t deployed bait cars for many years.

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u/Hummblerummble 44m ago

Sure they don't.