{"id":76213,"date":"2025-05-05T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76213\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:27:10","slug":"arrests-made-after-motorbike-stolen-and-cash-taken-from-car-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76213\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrests made after motorbike stolen and cash taken from car in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests of a suspected motorbike thief and a man suspected of stealing from a parked car took place over the last week in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewellery Quarter and on Soho Road.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first incident saw two men in crash helmets allegedly steal a motorbike on Legge Lane on Thursday afternoon (May 1) after breaking its steering lock.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspects were chased by officers on patrol, with one managing to escape, but the other arrested and charged, and the stolen motorbike was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The other incident involved a man reportedly being spotted by a passer-by reaching into a parked car on Soho Road. He allegedly made off with \u00a0food, a bag and wallet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The passer-by had taken a video of the incident, with officers identifying the suspect and arresting them on Saturday, April 26.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4430a55e-248e-40a0-82f8-40e57b62fb90.jpg\"   alt=\"Police stock image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Police stock image<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westmidlands.police.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said: &#8220;Great work by our officers led to the arrest of a suspected motorbike thief and a man suspected of stealing from a parked car, as our work to tackle vehicle crime in Birmingham continues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two men in crash helmets were seen stealing a motorbike after breaking its steering lock on Legge Lane in the Jewellery Quarter last Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nearby officers, who were flagged down by a member of the public, and chased two suspects on foot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One managed to flee, but the other was arrested and later charged. The stolen motorbike was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elsewhere, a passer-by filmed a man reaching into a parked car on the Soho Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect took food, a bag, and a wallet with \u00a3200 cash before leaving the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officers viewed the video and identified as suspect, who was arrested and charged with theft on Saturday (April 26).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We work hard to tackle vehicle crime in the West Midlands and bring offenders to justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can help by following our top tips for preventing vehicle crime here: <a data-gtm-link=\"offsite\" href=\"https:\/\/gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westmidlands.police.uk%2Fcp%2Fcrime-prevention%2Fkeeping-vehicles-safe%2Fpreventing-car-vehicle-theft%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmike.woods%40westmidlands.police.uk%7C34ab904638824a3e466108dd87e81897%7C2b0f1af29e024cfb982fc61fd716ee98%7C0%7C0%7C638816153094779750%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EwuJ9tq4VxTZ7diIfXx2WcMmg3TXVfKk9w1nyowZHS4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preventing car and vehicle theft | Crime Prevention | West Midlands Police<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The arrests of a suspected motorbike thief and a man suspected of stealing from a parked car took&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,379,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-76213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-local-hubs","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114454753852960090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}