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Although our bikes are fairly old and not something most folks would want to steal, please be sure to keep an eye on them while out in public. I'm writing this for you today, with Charmayne's permission, as she just experienced a fairly nerve-wracking situation at work. I will also say immediately that she is unharmed and was able to ride home safely.
While at work this afternoon, a shift manager noticed two males who had previously ordered food sitting on/standing near her bike in the parking lot. He told Charmayne, who was working drive-through, about it and suggested she investigate the situation. After asking her store manager to call the police, Charmayne walked outside and told the two males to get away from her bike. One of the males tried to tell Charmayne off which caused her to threaten to call the cops if they did not move away. Again, Charmayne had an eerie feeling about things which is why she asked the manager to call before walking out . The two males than ran across the street to the Jiffy Lube at which point Charmayne went to check out her bike. She found a heroin needle laying under her tank and told the cops about it as they pulled up at that point.
The police caught the two males trying to leave the Jiffy Lube and found additional drugs, a gun, and a knife. Returning to the restaurant, Charmayne positively identified the two males, one was a guy she graduated with last year, and they are being charged with vandalism (possibly), drugs and weapons violations. The police and Charmayne then began a thorough search of her bike finding two more needles under her gas tank as well as between it and the seat. Additionally, they found blood on her handlebars from one of the guys who she said had looked as though he was messing with his arm before she yelled at them (she didn't know what he was doing).
We are all very thankful she is okay and that she kept her wits about her during the entire ordeal. She knows she could have been hurt but she is also one to not keep her mouth shut when she sees someone messing with her stuff. Fortunately, she and her managers had the wherewithal to pay close enough attention that the two males were caught and neither she nor I would have been seriously hurt had we jammed ourselves on those needles at any time.
The damage done to her tank:
Charmayne Tank by Scott Baker, on Flickr
While at work this afternoon, a shift manager noticed two males who had previously ordered food sitting on/standing near her bike in the parking lot. He told Charmayne, who was working drive-through, about it and suggested she investigate the situation. After asking her store manager to call the police, Charmayne walked outside and told the two males to get away from her bike. One of the males tried to tell Charmayne off which caused her to threaten to call the cops if they did not move away. Again, Charmayne had an eerie feeling about things which is why she asked the manager to call before walking out . The two males than ran across the street to the Jiffy Lube at which point Charmayne went to check out her bike. She found a heroin needle laying under her tank and told the cops about it as they pulled up at that point.
The police caught the two males trying to leave the Jiffy Lube and found additional drugs, a gun, and a knife. Returning to the restaurant, Charmayne positively identified the two males, one was a guy she graduated with last year, and they are being charged with vandalism (possibly), drugs and weapons violations. The police and Charmayne then began a thorough search of her bike finding two more needles under her gas tank as well as between it and the seat. Additionally, they found blood on her handlebars from one of the guys who she said had looked as though he was messing with his arm before she yelled at them (she didn't know what he was doing).
We are all very thankful she is okay and that she kept her wits about her during the entire ordeal. She knows she could have been hurt but she is also one to not keep her mouth shut when she sees someone messing with her stuff. Fortunately, she and her managers had the wherewithal to pay close enough attention that the two males were caught and neither she nor I would have been seriously hurt had we jammed ourselves on those needles at any time.
The damage done to her tank:
Charmayne Tank by Scott Baker, on Flickr
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