Police: Iowa State University Athlete Stole 40 Bikes

[Psiclone]

So he had 40 bikes in his basement, admitted to using a bolt cutter to get the bikes, showed authorities records for bikes he sold on Craigslist, and he's pleading not guilty?

OK.

Yes, that is exactly the right thing to do and all defense attorneys would give the same advice. This case can now be plea bargained to minimize the damage to his record and his future. Depending on his criminal history, he could get a deferred judgment and come out of this without a conviction. That option would be foreclosed is he had entered a guilty plea.

[bellzisu]

So, that's who stole my daughters bike.

Easy, I know this guy, he's pretty smart..might have to send him a text after reading this

I'm sure the guy smart, but a very dumb criminal.... Ask him how his outlook is on jail.

[Rabbuk]

One of our grad students in history and her husband called the police about two young guys driving around in a van, stopping to cut locks and load bikes into their truck or van. I guess the husband asked some questions, and the answer was, "Uhhh, we're doing what our boss told us to do."

It would be interesting if this were connected.

IF they were on campus, you were supposed to remove your bike from the racks, so they can get the abandoned bikes off of them. I imagine their boss told them to cut the locks on abandoned bikes, I think it was going on sometime this week.

[CyDude16]

Easy, I know this guy, he's pretty smart..might have to send him a text after reading this

Obviously he's not that smart.

[Sobchakcyclone]

Why keep and sell them? You need the money that bad, with that kind of risk? Stupid. Doesn't reflect on the coach, just the wayward, former student.

He should have done what Jacob Pullen at KSU is alleged to have done. Just carry a cutter, use the bike you want to get to class or practice, and leave it there. Don't keep it. Apparently, he did this all the time, and nobody did anything.

[cowgirl836]

Mine too, same exact time frame at Freddy Court. I even checked if ISU had done the bike impound earlier than the fliers had said (and they hadn't).

yikes! sounds like someone made of with your and my husband's bikes then.

Sucked because he had just gotten it at the start of the year too.