Thief in the City

One of our regular guys came up to the circ desk last night to let us know his bike had been stolen.  From our bike rack.  Which is right across from the entrance to the police station.  Guy who clipped the bike rode up on a bike of his own, parked it, circled the rack a couple times then, smooth as butter, whipped out a pair of bolt cutters, used them on his bike of choice and rode away like he owned the world.  Never mind owning a brand new bike.  Ok, so not only did he steal a bike, thief showed back up a couple hours later to retrieve the bike he had ridden over in order to, you know, steal another bike.  Confused?  Yeah, me too.  We deal with a lot of sketchy characters over here at Library Land but this guy gets a prize.  And the poor guy who locked his bike up with the expectation of having it be there when he left the library is, of course, SOL.  And so it goes...the circle of bikes.  (On camera the bicycle thief looks to be at least 50-the tip off was the white sneakers he was wearing.  You know the kind...over 50 sneakers.  One of my co-workers nailed that little detail.  She said, "White sneakers!?! Is that my DAD?)