Is This Bike Yours? OCSD Reunites Stolen Bikes With Owners

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA— Approximately 1,000 bikes were discovered by OC Public Works in Fountain Valley. As members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department continue to process the bicycle parts and bicycles pulled from a flood control channel tunnel along the Santa Ana Riverbed, investigators are looking to reunite salvaged bicycles with their rightful owners.

Citizens who have lost a bike or believe theirs to be stolen may send a description of their bicycle, along with the serial number and a police report number to lostbike@ocsd.org.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will contact residents whose bicycles have been located and schedule reunification.

"At this time, it would appear the majority of the bicycles recovered are beyond repair due to being heavily damaged or stripped for parts," an OCSD spokesperson said.

A total number of bicycles available for unification is unknown, but crews will continue to process the evidence and determine which bicycles are salvageable.

Photo, courtesy of OC Sheriff’s Department.