• Stolen Bike Recovery Program - 3000+ Bikes on Display!
  The stolen bicycle numbers from the Igor Kenk bust keep going up and up. The latest reports have the numbers exceeding 3000 bicycles, and Toronto Police have set them up in two locations so Torontonians can check them out and hopefully find their long lost two-wheeled friends:
  

• Toronto Police may have your Stolen Bike!
  From the Toronto Police, who just busted Igor Kenk and his Stolen Bicycle Racket: Stolen Recovered Bicycles from 927 Queen St W and other storage units... please pass along to your bicycle networks.. Public Viewing Monday July 21, 2008 10am-6pm - 9 Hanna Ave, Toronto More public viewing to be…

Spacing Wire: The Igor effect

Then came the really dramatic turn of events — police discovered he had several warehouses full of bikes around the city. Which means it wasn’t simply a case of go to Igor’s and find your bike if he had it — he had caches where he could hide bikes

EYE Weekly: To catch a thief

Cyclists develop relationships with their bikes, tune them up and learn their quirks and — as we were reminded at the Toronto Cyclists Union’s recent screening of the epic film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure — become quite attached to them.

NOW Magazine: Wheels of change

Does big seizure mean that cops now take cyclists more seriously?

Globe: Bike-theft saga takes a turn toward the strange

Toronto's stolen-bicycle saga led police into three more secluded garages crammed with bikes yesterday, and took a turn for the bizarre as an accomplished concert pianist became the third person charged in the case.

Star: 1,000 more bikes seized

Another thousand bicycles – ranging from $3,000 LeMond racing bikes to kids' tricycles and a scooter for a disabled rider – were recovered from rented garages yesterday after police executed three more raids across the west downtown.

CTV: Bike theft suspect a 'sweet' and talented pianist

Jeanie Chung works at The Glenn Gould School where she is an accomplished pianist. The woman is romantically involved with Igor Kenk, who is accused of masterminding the largest bike theft operation in Toronto history.

BlogTO: More Stolen Bikes Uncovered in Parkdale Garage

"The garage had been rented out since March 2008. It's owned by a numbered company. "The guy who rented it out came forward and gave us a statement. A total of eight search warrants were issued since Thursday's raid on Kenk's bike shop."

North Bay Nugget: Toronto may register bikes with police

An anti-theft plan that would see bikes automatically registered with police when purchased could be in place by next year, the chairman of the Toronto Cycling Committee says. The city is scrambling to keep up with an explosion in cycling.

CTV: Police find another stash of bikes in theft probe

A third person has been arrested as part of the bike theft investigation. Police said Wednesday that a 37-year-old woman was taken into custody.

Toronto Police: Wanted - owners of 1,500 bicycles

“Thefts would go down drastically if everyone registered their bicycle,” said Major Crime Unit Det. Izzy Bernardo. “We stop known thieves all the time with different bikes and run the serial numbers but the bikes never show up as stolen on the syste

InsideToronto: More than 2,000 stolen bikes, parts now recovered

Because of the significant quantity, police are looking to relocate the massive cache to a larger warehouse nearby. Visit www.torontopolice.on.ca for further details. Owners of the stolen bicycles must provide proof of ownership.

CBC: Police 'astonished' as number of stolen bikes recovered passes...

"I'm astonished," Supt. Ruth White told reporters outside a garage where police were executing one of the warrants in the morning. "I've never seen this in 30 years, that allegedly one individual can accumulate this many bicycles over this many years."

Star: Owners slow to show up as stolen bikes sorted

It's not over yet. The investigation continues as a steady stream of tips comes in to Crime Stoppers, and more bikes are expected to be recovered, police said. Anyone who rented garage space to Kenk is being asked to contact police.

CityNews: Bikes Return To Rightful Owners After Raid

A police raid on a west end bike shop has led to a pleasant surprise for several GTA residents reunited with their allegedly stolen rides after a sting operation at the Bicycle Clinic.

CTV: Police seize thousands of bikes in Toronto

The latest cache of more than 200 bicycles was discovered on Dovercourt Road in the city's west end. Police spent a part of Monday afternoon at the scene executing a search warrant. They expect to make more seizures in the weeks to come.

Reuters: Wanted - owners for 1,500 stolen Toronto bicycles

Toronto cyclists often describe their city as one of the bike theft capitals of North America, if not the world. But figures from lockmaker Kryptonite, says Toronto, unlike Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, is not even in North America's Top 10.

CBC: Recovered hoard of bicycles overwhelms police facilities

Police said they've busted one of the biggest stolen bike rings in city history and are asking for the public's help to provide any information about other places Kenk may have rented for storage space.

Sun: 200 more bikes seized

Kenk, who owns the Bicycle Clinic, was sent back to the Don Jail after court ruled more time was needed to allow for cops to lay charges in connection with the recent raids on four locations including Kenk's shop and the Yorkville home he lived at.

Post: Bike theft victims scour police trove

"I'm not aware of any bicycle seizures in the last 28 years that are as great as this," said Detective Sergeant Egidio Roseto. "It's an enormous number of bikes that we've taken from some storage locations."

Globe: Police recover stolen bikes by the hundreds

Superintendent Ruth White said she hasn't seen anything like it in 30 years of policing. "We had a woman identify her bike that was stolen eight years ago," she said, adding that about 70 owners had so far been reunited with their wheels.

Star: Bike theft tally tops 1,200

Over a period of five days, police recovered between 1,200 and 1,500 bicycles, as well as about 1.5 kilos of marijuana and several ounces of crack cocaine, in a store, residence and several garages while executing a series of search warrants.

BlogTO: Recovered Bikes Find Rightful Owners

"Next weekend there will be more to see in a bigger facility," said Evans. Stay tuned for information on where and when this will be set up. More than 50 bicycles have so far been identified and returned to their rightful owners.

Sun: More bikes recovered

One by one, vintage cruisers and high-end racing bikes were brought out over the course of an hour from the back garage, which was riddled with garbage bags and tires -- filling four police cargo trucks.

Sun: Wheels of good fortune pay off

An 18-month-old girl was one of the happiest riders yesterday after Toronto Police opened their garage doors to reunite cyclists with their stolen bikes.

Star: Police line up battered wheels for cyclists

Katherine Dalziel had almost given up hope when she saw it, lying wheels-up on the concrete floor of the police warehouse: her beloved blue and white Norco road bike, gone missing from a Financial District bike post just over a week ago.

Sun: Police bait bike draws in panhandler

The 40-year-old homeless man with a long rap sheet was nabbed by police who allege he stole a so-called "bait bike" in front of the LCBO on Spadina Ave. in full view of plain-clothes officers.

Sun: A bonanza of bikes

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