Police in Menlo Park are investigating a bicycle robbery that occurred Wednesday to a child.
On Wednesday at 4:20 p.m., officers with the Menlo Park Police Department responded to the 500 block of Central Avenue on a report a boy had been robbed of his bicycle.
Police said the 12-year-old victim was riding his bicycle home when a group of approximately five teenagers approached him.
Police said one of the teenagers punched the 12-year-old in the face, knocking him from his bicycle.
Recommended for you
The suspect then dropped his bicycle and stole the 12-year-old’s bicycle.
The group of teenagers fled the area.
Responding officers searched the area but were not able to locate the suspects or the victim’s bicycle.
Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the Menlo Park Police Department at (650) 330-6300.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.