Crime & Safety
Bike Thefts Reported to Oconee Sheriff's Office and Watkinsville Police
Four bicycles were snatched during the past two weeks.
Several bicycles have disappeared from Oconee County homes lately.
Most recently, a woman reported the theft of a $130 bike from the 2000 block of Malcom Bridge Road. It went missing sometime between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on May 14.
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office was also notified of a bike theft on May 9. A green Mongoose brand bike that had been left near the entrance of an Oak Drive driveway on May 8 wasn't there the following morning.
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On May 6, a VFW Drive resident told Watkinsville Police that someone took two children’s bicycles, valued at $200, from inside of his garage. The theft occurred during the daytime hours.
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