{"id":57696,"date":"2026-10-09T14:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=57696"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:08:44","slug":"thief-river-falls-police-investigate-e-bike-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-police-investigate-e-bike-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Police Investigate E-Bike Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Police Investigate E-Bike Theft<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 Police are investigating the reported theft of an electric bicycle outside Park West Apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The theft was reported at 4:38 p.m. on September 28.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police report, someone stole an e-bike from outside the apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p>The brief report did not identify a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>It also did not provide a description or estimated value of the stolen bicycle.<\/p>\n<h2>E-Bike Reported Stolen Outside Apartment Complex<\/h2>\n<p>Police received the theft report during the late afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported outside Park West Apartments in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>No information was provided about when the bicycle was last seen.<\/p>\n<p>The report also did not state whether the e-bike had been locked or secured.<\/p>\n<p>No details were released about the bicycle&#8217;s make, model, or color.<\/p>\n<p>The information provided does not indicate whether surveillance video was available.<\/p>\n<p>Police also did not identify any witnesses in the brief report.<\/p>\n<h2>No Suspect Identified in Report<\/h2>\n<p>The report does not name anyone as a suspect in the theft.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not state whether the stolen e-bike has been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>No arrest or citation was listed in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation could continue if police receive additional information.<\/p>\n<p>Details may also change if the bicycle is recovered or a suspect is identified.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota Law Addresses Property Theft<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota theft law covers taking property without the owner&#8217;s consent under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The level of a theft charge can depend on the property&#8217;s value and other facts.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/609.52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Statute 609.52<\/a> through the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about a local theft may contact the appropriate law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of e-bikes can also record serial numbers and keep photographs of their bicycles.<\/p>\n<p>Those records can help identify property if it is later recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The report provided no additional information about the September 28 incident.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57697\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57697\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls Police Investigate E-Bike Theft\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Thief-River-Falls-Police-Investigate-E-Bike-Theft.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls Police Investigate E-Bike Theft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thief River Falls police are investigating the theft of an e-bike reported outside Park West Apartments on the afternoon of September 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[26150,11351,16730,26149,26148,7688,786],"class_list":["post-57696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-bicycle-theft-minnesota","tag-park-west-apartments","tag-pennington-county-crime","tag-stolen-e-bike","tag-thief-river-falls-e-bike-theft","tag-thief-river-falls-police","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57698,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57696\/revisions\/57698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}