Crime & Safety

$390 Bike Swapped Out From Train Station: Summit Police

The victim told police the bike was swapped out with a different model.

SUMMIT, NJ - The Summit Police are looking for the person responsible for stealing a bike from the Summit Train Station on Aug. 21.

According to authorities, the victim told police that the bicycle had been left on the bicycle rack in the morning, and was gone in the evening. The stolen bicycle was described as a small green Flourish 4, with a Hilltop Bicycle sticker on the frame.

In place of the stolen bicycle was a green Schwinn Transit bicycle, with the victim’s bicycle lock on the bike, secured to the rack and the victims helmet, police said.

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The bicycle lock was not damaged. At the time of the report, the Flourish 4 bicycle was valued at approximately $390.

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