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 s in shock 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. my dad taught me to stand up for myself. he taught me to do the right
saves me a ton of money. [ delavane ] we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. when i spend money on this card, i can see brazil in my future. [ anthony ] i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. there isn t anything jake gillam loves more than riding his bike. i work out on that bike, i commute on that bike. it s like my best friend almost. and after jake s bike gets
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. this is why you don t steal from bicyclists, because i will go
thing and to walk around with a set of ethics and, you know, to kind of grow a pair and that s about it. you know? after 20 hours looking on the internet for someone selling his bike locally, jake widens his search and hits paydirt. i was focusing on portland on craigslist, and i just had kind of a whimsical thought, maybe i ll check out seattle and i did and two minutes later got my bike posted up there. photographs showing every scratch and custom feature leave no doubt in jake s mind, the bike on sale for a bargain $1,000 is his. house mate and best friend chris williams helps jake set up a sting to trap the suspect. getting involved was a fairly simple decision for me. i have had a lot of stuff stolen from me in the past few years. 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
so, what do you say? thanks. but i think i got this. [ male announcer ] the all-new cla. starting at $29,900. there isn t anything jake gillam loves more than riding his bike. i work out on that bike, i commute on that bike. it s like my best friend almost. and after jake s bike gets stolen, nothing is more