Read this story, and I cannot believe how dishonest some are.
 

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695208324,00.html

"We thought the bike was of no use to anybody" that's why we too it even though Marks used wire cutters to free it.

Huh? A bike locked up is abandoned?

why aren't the police prosecuting? so that they don't discourage future criminals who may have evidence, from coming forward?

Oh come on. Yes it was very stupid for them to have taken the bike, typical of dumb teenagers. But they returned it immediately, and ultimately no harm was done.

Prosecuting for this wouldn't help anyone.

a guy wandering around with lock cutters is a habitual thief.

lest these two be considered "good guys" remember that they lawyered up first and it was their lawyer who instructed they go to the police.

Did they say the guy was "wandering around with lock cutters"? I believe they saw the bike one day, then came back for it the next when they saw it was still there.

As for going to a lawyer ... that was a smart move, considering they knew they had committed petty larceny. I'd probably have gone to a lawyer too if I knew I'd committed a crime.

As I said, I'm not defending these two. It was a stupid thing to do. But prosecuting isn't going to do any good or bring any justice. It just sounds like a page out of MikeWaters-style vindictiveness to me.

PS. It's too bad the guy wasn't a BYU football player. Then he'd have lots of support, eh?

I get punished for going 7 MPH over the speed limit, and this guy gets nothing for cutting a lock and stealing a bike?

What kind of world do you live in Tex?

Please scan and post the ticket you got for 7 MPH over. I will also accept a fax. This I gotta see.

And I thought I was supposed to be the heartless, cold, cast-them-down-to-hell guy.

I read somewhere that the kids said both of the bike tires were flat, and it looked like it had been there for a while and abandoned.

Personally I think it was a stupid decision on their part to take the bike, but how many of us did some stupid regrettable things when we were 17-19? Only difference is that our mistakes didn't make the papers.

At 19 I was on my mission. Not stealing bikes.

A 19 year old is an adult.

Yeah, sure.

Kudos for them for coming forward in the end, but they were obviously petty thieves. Glad to read that his mother yelled at him for four hours.