East Village Bike Shop Busted in Stolen Bike Sting

East Village Bike Shop Busted in Stolen Bike Sting
Lchance’s Flickr It’s common practice for certain disreputable bicycle shops to purchase stolen bikes from thieves and then resell them. But it’s rare that the police take action, which makes the recent crackdown on the Busy Bee Bike Shop on East Sixth Street so special. Streetsblog reports that the NYPD’s Civil Enforcement Unit has shut down the shop pending “an ongoing investigation.” The …

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