Biking communities are tight-knit, and it was L.A.’s that resulted in 288 stolen bikes being recovered and the arrest of the thieves, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says.
In the May 29 press release, the LASD announced the arrest of five men in connection with the April theft of $1.7 million of Ari mountain bikes and eMTBs.
Samvel Karapetyan, Vazgen Avagyan, Narek Badalyan, Vladimir Gyulankaryan and Davit Grigoryan were arrested by the LASD’s Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team (Cargo CATs) on suspicion of orchestrating the theft by redirecting truck drivers and using box truck and passenger vehicles to transport stolen cargo…