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Police: Couple lured thieves with unattended bike, then beat them with bats in videos posted to YouTube
foxcarolina.com ^ | January 12, 2019 | Andrew McMunn

Posted on 01/13/2020 10:16:49 AM PST by lowbridge

A California couple was arrested after police say they left out bikes to lure thieves and then recorded themselves beating them with bats which they posted to YouTube, police say.

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Police say videos of the assaults were posted on YouTube. In the videos, police say the suspects appeared to plant a bicycle in the front yard of their home, unattended, and wait for someone passing by to stop and attempt to steal it.

When someone would try to make off with the bike, the suspects would rush from the house and assault the person with a baseball bat.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxcarolina.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: assault; attractivenuisance; california; castledoctrine; crime; entrapment; porchpirates; theft; youtube
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To: utax

They were clearly driven to desperation.


21 posted on 01/13/2020 10:33:32 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: lowbridge

Didn’t they know only cops can set traps? (/sarc)


22 posted on 01/13/2020 10:34:04 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: utax

Probably around 1990, in NYC, drug addicts would dig up shrubberies and other plants from homeowners’ yards, and ransom them back.

I would have figured out a way to safely plant poison ivy, myself, and tell the bums to “keep and enjoy it”.


23 posted on 01/13/2020 10:37:37 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Responsibility2nd

Also, girls in nice dresses at bars is entrapment.
Putting a Trump sign in your yard is entrapment.
Parking your ‘65 Corvette Convertible anywhere is clearly entrapment.

Of course.

How about don’t tresspass and steel?


24 posted on 01/13/2020 10:38:02 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Responsibility2nd

How the hell is putting your own bike in front of your own house ‘entrapment’ ?


25 posted on 01/13/2020 10:41:05 AM PST by servantoftheservant
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To: lowbridge

Is that wrong? I guess that’s wrong...or at least it’s wrong if you get caught.


26 posted on 01/13/2020 10:42:18 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: lowbridge

Not guilty


27 posted on 01/13/2020 10:43:03 AM PST by PGR88
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To: lowbridge

voting demonrat is entrapment...


28 posted on 01/13/2020 10:44:43 AM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: lowbridge

I’d rather be a common thief myself, than a sadist and attention whore at the same time. Very bad combination.


29 posted on 01/13/2020 10:44:54 AM PST by OKSooner (Free Beer Tomorrow)
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To: SkyDancer

There are plenty of bait bike videos on YouTube but normally it involves about 50 feet of chain attached to the bike, enough for the thief to get a good bit of speed before the chain reaches the end. Baseball bats are creative one upmanship. Stupid but creative.


30 posted on 01/13/2020 10:45:02 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Responsibility2nd

I shouldn’t have to change my habits because others can’t behave.


31 posted on 01/13/2020 10:45:26 AM PST by dgbrown
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To: servantoftheservant

How the hell is putting your own bike in front of your own house ‘entrapment’ ?

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Did you read the article? They routinely did this. On purpose.


32 posted on 01/13/2020 10:45:38 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
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To: dgbrown

I shouldn’t have to change my habits because others can’t behave.

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You make it a habit of routinely beating up people so you can YouTube it?

Cause that’s what’s happening here.

Throw the book at these idiot homeowners.


33 posted on 01/13/2020 10:49:01 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Parking your own bicycle on your own real estate is not entrapment.


34 posted on 01/13/2020 10:49:48 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: lowbridge
I can see the State Game Commission having a problem with this.

Baiting is against the law after all.

35 posted on 01/13/2020 10:53:24 AM PST by 11Bush
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To: Mr. Lucky

Parking your own bicycle on your own real estate is not entrapment.

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Good point. Too bad it DOES NOT apply to this story.


36 posted on 01/13/2020 10:53:58 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
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To: Mr. Lucky

What is it called when people leave their property unattended with the intent of assaulting would-be thieves?


37 posted on 01/13/2020 10:56:37 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: lowbridge

The problem is that we want the government to have a monopoly on the use of force. These people will be made sorry.


38 posted on 01/13/2020 10:56:39 AM PST by BDParrish ( Please correct me! I never learned anything from anybody who already agreed with me.)
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To: lowbridge
Police say videos of the assaults were posted on YouTube. In the videos, police say the suspects appeared to plant a bicycle in the front yard of their home, unattended, and wait for someone passing by to stop and attempt to steal it. When someone would try to make off with the bike, the suspects would rush from the house and assault the person with a baseball bat.

sounds like a typical lawful FBI sting operation.

39 posted on 01/13/2020 10:59:19 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Responsibility2nd
Good point. Too bad it DOES NOT apply to this story.

... the suspects appeared to plant a bicycle in the front yard of their home...

So. Yeah. It does apply. You are wrong on this one.

40 posted on 01/13/2020 11:00:35 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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