they create an online profile for a fake person named simon jackson. download a phone app that makes it look like jake s phone has a seattle area code. this is seattle. and drive 170 miles to seattle with chris brother to expose the guy jake believes has his bike. full disclosure. i m not censoring anything. this mother [ bleep ] needs to get displayed on the internet. people need to know this is not okay. we shot the whole thing with just three cameras, two smartphones and just another junky video camera we had with us. jake and his friends don t plan on confronting the seller alone and call seattle police. but after 45 minutes, there s no back-up. i just texted my friend and said get ready, this is going to go down. so here s the deal. i live in portland, and you stole my bicycle. and this is my bicycle. all right? okay. what do you want me to say? i have paperwork, i have police on the way. you are going to get
arrested. i have security on the way. the seller tries to get away, and bolts across the parking lot. no, you re under citizen s arrest, stop right now. stop! it was an immediate admission of guilt for me. i almost felt like he was might as well have been in court saying, yeah, i stole it. i did all this. because he ran. jake jumps on his recovered bike and shoves the camera phone in his pocket. where it records this conversation as he rides behind the suspect. i bought this bike from craigslist, i knew it was stolen, yes. it s not illegal to buy stolen stuff. i looked it up, man. whether or not what he is saying is true [ sirens ] seattle police are about to end the discussion. the suspect pleads guilty to attempted malicious mischief and receives a deferred sentence. smile! by putting his story on youtube, jake believes justice has been served. this is how it goes down, everybody.
commute on that bike. it s like my best friend almost. and after jake s bike gets stolen, nothing is more satisfying than catching the person he believes has it. i live in portland, and you stole my bicycle. red-handed with cameras rolling. no, you re under citizen s arrest, stop right now. stop! stop! august 3rd, 2012. its bike-friendly culture makes portland, oregon, the bike capital of america for hard-core cyclist, jake gillam. he is in shock when his fuji road bike is stolen. went to go grab a beer and came back after half hour, 45 minutes, and it was gone. jake s ride cost $2,500. and he doesn t have any insurance to replace it. i didn t really talk for about an hour after that. jake files a police report, but believes he can increase the odds of getting his bike back by
download a phone app that makes it look like jake s phone has a seattle area code. this is seattle. and drive 170 miles to seattle with chris brother to expose the guy jake believes has his bike. full disclosure. i m not censoring anything. this mother [ bleep ] needs to get displayed on the internet. people need to know this is not okay. we shot the whole thing with just three cameras, two smartphones and just another junky video camera we had with us. jake and his friends don t plan on confronting the seller alone and call seattle police. but after 45 minutes, there s no back-up. i just texted my friend and said get ready, this is going to go down. so here s the deal. i live in portland, and you stole my bicycle. and this is my bicycle. all right? is. okay. what do you want me to say? i have paperwork, i have police on the way. you are going to get arrested. i have security on the way.
and after jake s bike gets stolen, nothing is more satisfying than catching the person he believes has it. i live in portland, and you stole my bicycle. red-handed with cameras rolling. no, you re under citizen s arrest, stop right now. stop! stop! august 3rd, 2012. its bike-friendly culture makes portland, oregon, the bike capital of america for hard-core cyclists like jake gillam. he is shocked when his most prized possession, his fuji road bike is stolen. went to go grab a beer and came back after half hour, 45 minutes, and it was gone. jake s ride cost $2,500. and he doesn t have any insurance to replace it. i didn t really talk for about an hour after that. jake files a police report, but believes he can increase the odds of getting his bike back by taking matters into his own hands.