A family is warning Richmond residents to keep their personal belongings properly locked away, after a brazen daytime theft while they were at home.
CCTV from the home in the Seafair neighbourhood shows the thief casually walking into the family’s open garage at around 5:45 p.m. last holiday Monday.
He then reappears a few seconds later with a $2,000 bike that belonged to homeowner Pam Sidhu’s son.
After reporting the theft to the RCMP and then to her insurance company, she was told by the insurers that there had been a spate of similar incidents in the area recently.
“My husband was working in the front yard and came in for a minute while the garage door was open,” explained Sidhu.
“This young guy just walked into our garage (and) casually and took my son’s $2,000 bike.”
The Richmond News has reached out to the RCMP to enquire if there had, indeed, been a recent spike in bike thefts from residential properties.
