Bike and Stroller Taken From a Storage Room on Logan Avenue

Bikes are among the most frequently stolen items in East Isles this spring, and shared storage in apartment and condo buildings is a recurring target, according to Minneapolis Police Department incident data. The 2600 block of Hennepin Avenue alone logged a bike theft (reported May 9), an "other theft" (May 12) and a business burglary (May 10), while the 1500 block of Lagoon Avenue recorded a bike theft, a theft from a vehicle and a significant-bodily-harm assault within the same stretch of May.

The most recent bike theft in the data was logged on the 2400 block of Humboldt Avenue South, reported June 2. The same dataset lists a dwelling burglary on the 2700 block of Irving Avenue South, reported May 21, on a block that has also seen repeated thefts from vehicles.

Shared storage rooms are easy marks when a door fails to latch or a fob-controlled entrance is propped open; bikes and strollers can be wheeled out unnoticed. Building managers can add a self-closing latch, a camera and a sign-in log for storage areas, and residents are advised to lock bikes even indoors.

One such storage-room theft of a bicycle and stroller, on the 2000 block of Logan Avenue South, was reported to Lowry Hill News by a building manager. [unverifiable: the Logan Avenue South storage-room theft comes from a building manager's account and does not appear in the MPD open-data set as of early June.]

Anyone with information can contact the Minneapolis Police Department's 5th Precinct at 612-673-5705 or report through 311. Lowry Hill News reports the block only and names no resident or unconvicted person.