Go Back   North Shore Mountain Biking Forums > The Shore
Reload this Page Bike Rescuer pleads guilty on 36 counts
Register Gallery FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

The Shore All Shore, all the time

Reply
Page 1 of 10 1 2345 > Last »
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 01-10-2010, 06:03 PM   #1
Desloc
~ 4 BaR LoVe ~
 
Desloc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Port Moody
Posts: 1,714
Images: 3
Rep Power: 156 Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.Desloc has achieved FLOW.
Bike Rescuer pleads guilty on 36 counts
It was just a matter of time...

http://www.globaltvbc.com/world/Bike...742/story.html
__________________
During the Middle Ages, probably one of the biggest mistakes was not putting on your armor because you were 'just going down to the corner'.
- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
Desloc is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2010, 06:47 PM   #2
Da Peach
Registered User
 
Da Peach's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 190
Rep Power: 6990 Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.Da Peach has achieved FLOW.
I'm sure it's all just a great big misunderstanding...
Da Peach is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2010, 09:51 PM   #3
cerealkilla'
Registered User
 
cerealkilla''s Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 54
Rep Power: 0 cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.cerealkilla' has achieved FLOW.
Well, that settles that.
cerealkilla' is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-10-2010, 10:54 PM   #4
saint.
Registered User
 
saint.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Shore
Posts: 488
Rep Power: 35036 saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.saint. has achieved FLOW.
death penalty
saint. is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 10:52 AM   #5
shorelocal
Safe don't pay good
 
shorelocal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Vancity
Posts: 1,438
Rep Power: 28020 shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.shorelocal has achieved FLOW.
Hallelujah .... read this in the NS News on the weekend. Good riddance Bike Rescue
__________________
shorelocal is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 11:42 AM   #6
cam@nsmb.com
administurbator
 
cam@nsmb.com's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The North Shore
Posts: 6,048
Images: 433
Rep Power: 666 cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.
Gordon Blackwell occasionally posted here. He also returned two bikes to Ken Maude which made him seem legit. Of course that's how scams work. You treat a few people right and gain their confidence and then use that to profit off the misfortune of others.

Anyone who has lost a bike to theft recently should pay attention to this.

Quote:
Bike 'rescuer' admits to fencing, gets two years
Gordon Sinclair Blackwell, 41, was handed the sentence Friday.

BY JAMES WELDON AND JANE SEYD, NORTH SHORE NEWS

A North Vancouver man who had claimed to be operating a "bicycle recovery service" has been sent to jail for two years after pleading guilty to 36 charges.

Gordon Sinclair Blackwell, 41, was handed the sentence by Judge William Rodgers of the North Vancouver provincial court Friday after he pleaded guilty to three dozen counts of possession of stolen property.

Blackwell was arrested Jan. 6 at a garage in Surrey. Until last fall, Blackwell ran an ostensibly non-profit organization called www.bikerescue.org, which claimed to buy unusually inexpensive bikes from sellers online and on the street, and then — if they turned out to be stolen — attempt to reunite them with their owners.

North Vancouver RCMP became suspicious of the operation in September after an investigation into a spike in bike thefts in North Vancouver turned up connections to Blackwell's New Westminster warehouse. On Nov. 14, police raided the facility and seized more than 150 bicycles.

In court Friday, Blackwell acknowledged the bike-rescue business was little more than a fencing operation.

In handing down his sentence, Rodgers described Blackwell as a career criminal. Blackwell has 24 previous convictions for fraud.

Mallory Haun Stokes, a woman charged with Blackwell for a more limited role, has not yet entered pleas to charges against her.

Investigators have returned almost 40 of the seized bicycles to their owners. Anyone whose bike was stolen between 2008 and fall 2009 is asked to contact the North Vancouver RCMP by e-mail at nvstolenbikes@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Inquiries should include make, model, components, accessories, unique markings and, if possible, a photo of the bicycle.

Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
There is also a thread discussing his legitimacy from back in early 2008 here.
cam@nsmb.com is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 12:47 PM   #7
Bryce
Registered Abuser
 
Bryce's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: high as f%*k
Posts: 5,031
Images: 37
Rep Power: 29916 Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.Bryce has achieved FLOW.
I'm guessing he'll appeal that sentence
Bryce is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 01:41 PM   #8
0_o
.tpiЯ
 
0_o's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: to the Hotel, to the Motel, to the Holiday Inn.
Posts: 6,744
Rep Power: 109557 0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.0_o has achieved FLOW.
lmao @ anyone who believed this guy was even a little bit legit!
__________________
0_o is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 03:40 PM   #9
patrolskid
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 3,414
Rep Power: 28477 patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.patrolskid has achieved FLOW.
while i'd like to believe the guys' intentions were good , any business model that depends on selling more stolen bikes than were returned has gotta be a little suspect .
patrolskid is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 06:14 PM   #10
Testy
Freetard Breeder
 
Testy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Port Moody
Posts: 1,533
Images: 68
Rep Power: 41164 Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.Testy has achieved FLOW.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryce View Post
I'm guessing he'll appeal that sentence
Nope, probably just threw eggs at the judge.
__________________
.


Quote:
Originally Posted by stillgoing View Post
I'm not sure the world is ready for a rep-free NSMB.
Testy is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 07:24 PM   #11
Carrot Top
Behind Bars (Handlebars)
 
Carrot Top's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 182
Rep Power: 7520 Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.Carrot Top has achieved FLOW.
Buying a bike that you know is stolen, is like stealing it yourself
Carrot Top is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 07:28 PM   #12
trail worker
bikes on the brain
 
trail worker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Nelson, BC
Posts: 4,932
Images: 28
Rep Power: 39903 trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.trail worker has achieved FLOW.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NORTH SHORE NEWS
...In handing down his sentence, Rodgers described Blackwell as a career criminal. Blackwell has 24 previous convictions for fraud.
too bad someone didn't catch on to this earlier
trail worker is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 08:41 PM   #13
schoenrock
freetard
 
schoenrock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: N.Van
Posts: 5,638
Images: 36
Rep Power: 155066 schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.schoenrock has achieved FLOW.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryce View Post
I'm guessing he'll appeal that sentence
nope, it was part of a plea deal. he pleaded guilty at his bail hearing( 2 days after his arrest) and was sentenced to much lesser time.
__________________
schoenrock is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-11-2010, 10:58 PM   #14
cam@nsmb.com
administurbator
 
cam@nsmb.com's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The North Shore
Posts: 6,048
Images: 433
Rep Power: 666 cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.cam@nsmb.com has achieved FLOW.
His site is still live. I'm glad we didn't make his thank you list.

http://bikerescue.org/
cam@nsmb.com is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 01-12-2010, 08:23 AM   #15
Jehmee
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 120
Rep Power: 2218 Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.Jehmee has achieved FLOW.
yeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sss.
Jehmee is offline Offline  
Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 10 1 2345 > Last »

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Linear Mode
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bike theft attempt! Australia The Shore 25 12-18-2009 11:17 PM
Bike Choice - Rocky Slayer SXC70 or Banshee Rune mtb_rider Gear 21 05-09-2008 09:08 PM
The entire stable is complete!?! Chunk Gear 58 04-30-2008 09:30 AM
The Bike Parks BC Ultimate Road Trip cam@nsmb.com The Inside Line 9 04-17-2008 06:17 AM
The Great Whistler Bike Heist Of 2005 Oldtimer Whistler Forum presented by The Fairmont Chateau Whistler 32 07-17-2006 11:29 PM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:15 PM.

Contact Us - NSMB.com - Archive - Top