Man rides bicycle 90 mi to stab someone

[earlyre]

Local news story...
Guy rode his bike 90 mi from Mansfield, OH to my town, Lima, OH, to attack his ex-gf's new BF, "because I didn't like the way he was treating her"


That's a level of "dedication" I'll never feel...

I love my girl, but I'm not riding my bicycle the 20 mi to her house, you can forget 90 mi...

 

[bdcardinal]

I appreciate the commitment.

 

[methusaleh]

Wow…so many questions not answered!

Why did he ride a bicycle? Severe paranoia about operating a vehicle and being seen by people and LPRs? Vehicle is being tracked from a previous run-in with the law? Why not drive most of the way and bike the last ten miles or so— that would still allow some level of plausible deniability. Obsessive fitness enthusiast?

I’ve been in law enforcement over thirty years and have never heard of such a dedicated criminal.

Living in the country, I do see quite a few young professionals commute via bicycle on back roads, and they have their little online and in-person cliques to discuss same. But it’s almost exclusively the fitness-conscious folks who have substantial means and choose to commute by biking when they can. Seasoned criminals still prefer vehicles in every jurisdiction I’ve worked in!

 

[Zee09]

I would have hitchhiked instead to save my energy

 

[PontiacHO]

Premeditated?

 

[fdcg27]

Maybe had no access to a car?
Probably seriously mentally ill, probably schizophrenic.
Weird crime any way you look at it. Distance was apparently no obstacle for this guy, as the new boyfriend found out.

 

[BMW Dom]

I would have hitchhiked instead to save my energy

You would have bought a new car

 

[02SE]

You would have talked about buying a new car

Fixed.

 

[Vern_in_IL]

A customer drove 10 miles back to Subway to ***** about getting ripped off. Demanded a new sandwich. His sandwich had one less meatball....

...and fortunately I was one guy ahead in the que! So I got out of there and heard the whole story.

 

[atikovi]

Judge lowered the bond from 1/2 million to $250K? Might as well be $250 if the guy can't afford a $20 ticket on the dog.

 

[jhellwig]

Premeditated?

I wonder by what mile it goes from crime of passion to homicide?

 

[SC Maintenance]

Premeditated?

Oh come one now, any decent defense attorney could easily say he was training for the iron man and just happened to be in the area.

 

[bdcardinal]

A customer drove 10 miles back to Subway to ***** about getting ripped off. Demanded a new sandwich. His sandwich had one less meatball....

...and fortunately I was one guy ahead in the que! So I got out of there and heard the whole story.

Sometimes those are the most entertaining to witness. Except when people come to the retail parts counter and give me their whole life story about why they need whatever part only for me to say "Chevy is the next street over."

 

[ripcord]

"Maybe this will prove to her that I really, really love her and she'll be my girlfriend again."


But I would ride 100 miles.
And I would ride 100 more.
Just to be the man who rode 100 miles
to stab that guy outside your door!

 

[02SE]

I think I know why she's his Ex. She was tired of being a passenger on a bicycle, everywhere they went...

 

[Pablo]

I'm not sharp enough this afternoon to come up with a pointed comment. I mean that guy can't be the sharpest knife in the drawer?? Look at that hair! That physique!! I wonder if he had stabbing pains as he peddled and peddled..........he probably nearly dropped. To bad someone he knew saw him leave, what are friends good for always stabbing you in the back???

 

[Pablo]

You would have bought a new car

The Wealth!

 

[Kira]

Consider the time of year. The stabber was angling for bicycling related endorsements.

Yes, but what kind of chain oil does he use?

 

[slo town]

Imagine finding yourself in a relationship with that woman and later finding out she "tried to make babies" with that guy! Eeeeewwww!

Scott

 

[skyactiv]

He has two priors, a domestic violence and a felonious assault. He is 5'11" 110 pounds.