Bike Theft The Marlowe's

Dear Resident

Police in Hemel Hempstead are appealing to the public to reunite a bike with its rightful owner.

The bike which is now in Hemel Hempstead police station was seized after a group of males attempted to take it unlawfully from a bike rack outside of Primark in Marlowes.

At 2.50pm on Tuesday 10 June, a group of men were spotted interfering with the pedal cycle and trying to detach it from the bike rack when officers on proactive patrols spotted them.

• An 18-year-old man from Chorleywood was arrested on suspicion of theft of a pedal cycle and going equipped.

• An 18-year-old man from Hemel Hempstead was arrested on suspicion of theft of a pedal cycle and being in possession of class B/class C drugs.

• An 16-year-old boy from Hemel Hempstead was arrested on suspicion of theft of a pedal cycle.

PC Sophie Mitchell from the Dacorum Intervention Response team said: “I am hoping the public will be able to assist in finding an individual whose bike went missing from the bike rack outside Primark on Tuesday 10 June.

“The bike is safely stored at Hemel Hempstead police station, so if this is your bike or someone’s who you know, please contact me by emailing Sophie.mitchell@herts.police.uk, with information that can distinguish the bike, as we would like to reunite this with the rightful owner.”

You can report information by:

Filling out our online reporting form at https://orlo.uk/YfBOR, quoting crime reference 41/53115/25

Speaking to an operator in our Force Communications Room via online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact.

Calling our non-emergency telephone number 101 (in an emergency, always dial 999).

Contacting Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org.

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