California family knock on front door of thief who stole $3,000 E-bike with the help of a $29 Apple AirTag
- Johnny Ehrman was devastated when the $3,000 e-Bike was stolen right outside their place of work
- When officers from the Orange County Police Department did not respond quick enough Johnny and their dad, David Ehrman tracked the bike’s location
- David said the thief was shocked when they emerged and relinquished the bike
A California dad took matters into his own hands when his daughter’s $3,000 E-bike was stolen.
The clan used a $29 Apple AirTag on the bike to track down the thief and showed up at their front door to confront them.
Johnny Ehrman was devastated when the electronic bike she relies on to travel to school and work was stolen right outside her place of work.
When she called the Orange County Police Department and did not get a quick enough response, she and dad David tracked the stolen bike from its location with the AirTag.
David Ehrman said when they arrived at the thief’s home – not too far from their own Orange County home – the person was flabbergasted, and a brief confrontation’ ensued.
‘I yelled, ‘Dude I am grabbing my daughters bike, boom and I hightailed right out of there,’ David told Fox 11 Los Angeles. ‘The dude just stood there with the look on his face like I’ve never seen anyone with that look.’
He added: ‘I think the look was shock. Like ‘How did you get my location?’
Johnny Ehrman was devastated when the electronic bike she relies on to travel to school and work was stolen right outside their place of work
Johnny said she was ‘grateful’ once their e-Bike was recovered
The duo was able to track the stolen bike from its location with the $29 AirTag
Johnny said the day of the theft, she had left the pedals and wheel locked on the e-Bike and removed the battery, but said the bike wasn’t locked onto a fixed object.
She were shattered upon learning their e-Bike was missing.
‘I drive like 12 miles a day,’ Ehrman told the news outlet. ‘I was sobbing outside my workplace. I actually had some of my coworkers be like, ‘What’s happening? Where is your bike?”
After she got the bike back they shared how grateful they were
David said though they support law enforcement they felt in this instance the police did not do enough once the AirTag showed its location.
‘I did what I had to do because they weren’t doing what we pay them to do. We had the information within minutes why did they not send the officer there to meet us and arrest that person,’ he said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office did not release the name of the person who attempted to steal the e-bike.
The home where the e-Bike was tracked too in Orange County, California and the police did not release the name of the person who attempted to steak the e-Bike
A spokesperson with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department fired back and urged residents not to be a vigilante and to leave it to the police to recover stolen items.
‘As much as the convenience of technology plays a vital role in the quality of our lives, we want to remind our communities to utilize their local law enforcement services when they’ve been victimized by a crime instead of placing themselves into harm’s way,’ the spokesperson said.
The police did not release the name of the person who attempted to steak the e-Bike.
In March, another incident took place when traveler Jameel Reid used a $29 Apple AirTag to recover $3000 worth of belongings.
Reid’s bag was stolen from the baggage claim at Atlanta International Airport.
Police found the thief after Reid gave them its exact location with the AirTag app
