Between 1:16 and 3:30 on Sunday July 14 my bikes were stole from the garage. On this occasion, I used an App for my Android phone called Runtastic to track my route, speed, and time. This app posted to Facebook that I completed my workout at 1:16 pm.
At about 1:00 pm, I was riding east on Barton road. I turned right on Mayberry (becomes Whittier)
A vehicle turned left immediately behind me and passed me, but I did not pay particular attention to it.
I crossed the tracks and rode the rest of the way to my house, and into my garage. I placed my bike in its stand, next to my wife’s bike. They were mostly hidden in the garage behind my wife’s SUV.
1:16 pm – I sat next to my bike for a few minutes, turning off the Runtastic App, taking off my shoes and helmet, etc. I was in the garage about 5 minutes, and I was sitting between the bikes and the the gap between the SUV and the garage door frame, so I was visible from the street, and there were vehicles that passed my house during that time, but I didn’t pay particular attention to them. I went into the house and showered.
2:30 pm – I went to the grocery store. I was expecting my cousin to come by between 3-3:30 for a BBQ dinner, so I made note of the time on my phone. My wife and kids stayed home when I went to the store, and I left the garage open. I don’t know if the bikes had already been stolen at this time, because my wife’s SUV blocks my view of that side of the garage and the bikes are in shadow.
3:05 pm – I came back from the grocery store, and I noted the time on my car’s clock and the absence of my cousin’s truck. I did not notice whether the bikes had been stolen as I pulled into the garage, again because their view is mostly blocked by the SUV.
At approximately 3:30 my cousin came over, and my wife closed the garage door at that time.
8:30 pm – I went to the garage to turn off the automatic sprinklers. The garage door was still closed, but this is when I noticed that a bike was missing. At first I just noticed my own bike missing, and I immediately told my wife, then took the SUV out and drove around the neighborhood looking for the bike before the sun went down (hoping that maybe they’d just been taken for a joy ride). After I pulled out, my wife went to the garage and saw that her bike was also missing, and I also realized this as I drove around the community. I came back to the house before 9:00 pm and called San Bernardino County Sherriff’s office to report the crime.