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MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Richard L. Smith, Chief of Police 1635 Grove Street, Marysville, Washington 98270 [PHONE REDACTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux, [PHONE REDACTED] (office) [PHONE REDACTED] (mobile) [EMAIL REDACTED] April 7th, 2014 Marysville Police Recover Stolen Bicycles, and a Handgun On Thursday night, April 03rd, members of the Marysville Police Department N.I.T.E. Team were looking into possible criminal activity taking place in a central Marysville neighborhood that were brought to the attention of officers by area residents. Their initial investigation led them to a residence in the 5200 block of 81st Pl. NE. While officers were making contact with the occupants of this residence they observed what was later identified as two stolen Also during the contact an officer observed a bicycle matching the description of a unique and expensive Olympic style racing bicycle that had been stolen a couple of weeks prior in residential burglary in Marysville. The bike was worth over $7000.00. Officers obtained a search warrant for the residence and recovered the two and the bicycle. During the search an additional 61 bicycles were recovered from the yard and garage along with a stolen 12-foot Coleman camping trailer. Several firearms were removed from the residence, including one that had been previously reported stolen. One adult male was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for felony possession of stolen property. “While the investigation is on-going and we continue to look into the firearms and narcotics that were located in the search warrant, we are hoping to return as many of the stolen bicycles as possible to their rightful owners,” said Lt. Mark Thomas. “The bicycles range from your average BMX, mountain, and touring bikes to several high-end road bikes,” Thomas said. Citizens who have been the victim of a bicycle theft in the last year and believe that one of the bikes recovered may have been theirs can go to a website link specifically created for victims to view photos of the recovered bicycles. The bicycles can be viewed at: http://docs.marysvillewa.gov/htcomnet/Handlers/AnonymousDownload.ashx?folder=075ea11b ---PAGE BREAK--- MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Richard L. Smith, Chief of Police 1635 Grove Street, Marysville, Washington 98270 [PHONE REDACTED] Persons who visit the site to view the photos and see a bicycle they believe to be theirs should contact Officer Brad Smith at [EMAIL REDACTED] or call [PHONE REDACTED]. Officer Smith will be scheduling appointments for citizens to come to the department in order to identify bicycles belonging to them. Supporting documentation, such as receipts, documented serial numbers, personal photographs or even previously filed police reports may be used to verify rightful ownership. Appointments for viewing will be made for Tuesdays and Thursdays between 2:30 and 3:30 pm for the next three weeks, ending on April 24th. Police photo of the recovered stolen bicycles now held at the Marysville Police Department Further inquiries regarding this press release should be directed to Commander Robb Lamoureux. Robert M. Lamoureux