Interesting details from 2 thieves popped in Boulder

From: Boulder police arrest two brothers suspected of stealing 65 bikes

 ... the most prolific suspected bike thieves who have recently been arrested are brothers Torin Odea, 22, and Kieran Odea, 18, according to police. Detectives suspect the brothers have stolen 65 bikes -- many of them from the Boulder County area -- since April.

... investigators got the tip they needed June 24 when a businessman in Boulder looked out his window and spotted thieves in action.

The man had admired the expensive bike locked to his colleague's truck on the way in to work that morning, so he took notice when two men were trying to take it off the truck's rack, said Detective Heather Frey.

The good Samaritan managed to get the suspects' license plate number and call police. Officers arrested Torin Odea that day, and they later tracked down Kieran Odea at a Denver pawn shop, Frey said.

Detectives said the Odea brothers were different from other bike thieves because they targeted high-end bikes strapped to vehicles in the downtown Boulder area, and they did most of their work during the day in public.


"It was just fortuitous that I saw them when it was happening," he said, adding that he believes the brothers' nonchalance while stealing the bikes in broad daylight kept them from getting caught sooner.

"They were casual and calm and not panicky at all," he said. "It amazes me how much hubris it would take to pull these off in the middle of the day."