{"id":372080,"date":"2026-06-23T22:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372080\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:21:07","slug":"rei-theft-suspect-arrested-after-allegedly-returning-on-stolen-e-bike-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372080\/","title":{"rendered":"REI theft suspect arrested after allegedly returning on stolen e-bike \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man accused of stealing a high-value electric bicycle from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/?s=marina+del+rey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marina del Rey<\/a> retailer last year was arrested after returning to the same store while riding the allegedly stolen bike, authorities told NBC4 Investigates.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies assigned to the Marina del Rey Sheriff&#8217;s Station arrested 48-year-old Rene Garcia Garcia on Monday as part of ongoing efforts to combat retail theft and property crimes in the area.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, Garcia allegedly stole a Cannondale electric bicycle valued at approximately $1,975 from the REI store in Marina del Rey on July 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, Garcia returned to the same REI location, where the store&#8217;s Asset Protection Manager recognized him as the suspect involved in the earlier theft, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies, who were conducting follow-up enforcement efforts related to recent theft incidents, responded to the store and identified Garcia inside the business.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs the popularity of e-bikes, there has been &#8220;an ongoing problem,&#8221; the city said. Christian C\u00e1zares reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2026.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Garcia was arrested without incident, investigators said. He was booked on felony theft-related charges pending review by the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities later determined that Garcia had ridden the bicycle reported stolen in July 2025 back to the store on the day of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrest highlights the strong partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/?s=marina+del+rey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marina del Rey<\/a> deputies and local businesses,\u201d Lt. Christopher Landavazo said in a statement. \u201cRetail theft has a direct impact on our community, and we remain committed to identifying repeat offenders and holding them accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man accused of stealing a high-value electric bicycle from a Marina del Rey retailer last year was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,50425],"class_list":["post-372080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-marina-del-rey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}