One Arrested In Valley West Bike Sting
City of Arcata
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BIKE STING RESULTS IN ARREST
VALLEY WEST – The City of Arcata and specifically the Valley West Area, have seen a significant number of bicycle thefts. In an attempt to proactively combat this on going problem, on Saturday, June 22 the Arcata Police Department conducted a “Bicycle Sting” operation in the Valley West Area. A bicycle was left unsecured in an identified high crime location. Officers then conducted surveillance on the bicycle.
During the course of the operation, 41-year-old Justin Lawson of Arcata was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Jail for 487 PC, grand theft, after he took possession of the bicycle and attempted to flee the scene.
The Arcata Police Department will continue to conduct this type of operation in the future in an attempt to deter the theft of personal property from the residents of Arcata.
