{"id":211588920,"date":"2011-09-15T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=211588920"},"modified":"2011-09-15T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T22:42:00","slug":"bike-thefts-are-on-the-rise-in-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=211588920","title":{"rendered":"Bike thefts are on the rise in Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mary Helen Sprecher &#8211; The Baltimore Guide<\/p>\n<p>Bicycles are an economical way form of transit \u2014 until the cyclist has to buy a new bicycle to replace one that was stolen. A rash of bicycle thefts has taken place over the last two weeks in the Southeastern District.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, cycles were left unsecured and unattended. Many were last seen leaning against front steps or parked in back yards of houses. Some were left on car-mounted racks or in the back of pickups.<\/p>\n<p>Police are reminding cyclists to invest in good locks, and to lock the bicycle through the frame rather than through a front wheel, which can be detached. Bicycles should be locked to a permanent structure, or (more likely to keep them safe) brought inside when not in use.<\/p>\n<p>A sampling of the crimes are as follows&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baltimoreguide.com\/http:\/baltimoreguide.com\/bike-thefts-are-on-the-rise-in-southeast\/\">https:\/\/baltimoreguide.com\/http:\/baltimoreguide.com\/bike-thefts-are-on-the-rise-in-southeast\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mary Helen Sprecher &#8211; The Baltimore Guide Bicycles are an economical way form of transit \u2014 until the cyclist has to buy a new bicycle to replace one that was stolen. A rash of bicycle thefts has taken place over the last two weeks in the Southeastern District. In most cases, cycles were left &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=211588920\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bike thefts are on the rise in Southeast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211588920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211588920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211588920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211588920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211588920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211588920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211588920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}