Stolen bicycle tracked on 202 Freeway in Mesa area, Mesa AZ


A bicycle equipped with an AirTag was reported stolen. The tracker showed the bike moving westbound on the 202 Freeway near Mesa, possibly entering Chandler. The suspect is driving a white Ford F150 extended cab from the early 2010s. Police are coordinating efforts to locate and stop the vehicle to recover the stolen bike.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Superstition Patrol District
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Charlie 5101, Do you have suspect description at all?
00:04
about three working on it right now.
00:06
They're reviewing camera footage.
00:08
Go ahead.
00:14
The RPA is an air tag on the bike and right now it's showing that it's westbound on the 202 crossing the 87.
00:25
Cropping out.
00:30
I guess the street ram is want to jump on that.
00:38
Charlie 5'1 to any SAM unit topping this call, are we able to attempt to stop on that?
00:47
Tim Troy, that's just a stolen bike, right?
00:52
10-4[1].
00:55
Yeah, if we locate that vehicle,
00:58
then yeah, we can make a stop on that.
01:01
Yeah, I guess to clarify my question, it's probably going to be out of Mesa by the time we touch up to it, so are you okay if we continue on the 2-0-2 a little bit?
01:14
If we have any of the marks, if I can head that way, that'd be great.
01:19
Otherwise, we'll have to just wait to do our land.
01:25
I caught that last mark.
01:27
Can you tonight?
01:32
It's in Chandler already? It unmarked.
01:35
That would be preferable.
01:37
Otherwise, we'll just have to wait till where it lands.
01:40
We're not going to be driving into like Phoenix or anything for it.
01:44
Copy. I'll see if you updated.
01:49
Which one charge of the 53.
01:50
Factory. Factory.
01:53
Suspect vehicle is going to be a white Ford F150 extended cab.
01:58
Looks like early, like 2010 model, perhaps.
02:05
Copy.
02:11
We'll just do an ATL[2] to at least Tempe and Scottsdale case it goes.
02:17
We don't know if it's going to go north or south of the 101 or west of under 202.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
[2]
ATL: Broadcast request to locate a person, vehicle, or object of interest.
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Location mentioned:
AZ-202, Mesa, AZ
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