A Sydney woman whose daughter’s e-bike was stolen tracked it down to a house 45km away – but said police wouldn’t do anything.
She was told by the police the thieves probably used a scanner to open her garage door before making off with the bike.
The bike had a GPS tracker in the form of an Apple AirTag hidden on it and Anderson was easily able to find it.
“The first thing I did was look at where the AirTag is on my phone, and it’s 45km away from my house,” she told Fordham.
She contacted police, who sent forensics to her house, and a police officer to the location of the bike.
But officers told her the man who answered the door told them he didn’t know anything about it, so they left.
The next day, the bike moved one street away.
Anderson called police again, and again they deployed an officer, but this time, they told her, nobody answered the door.
Anderson confessed she drove by the house herself when she was in the area in what she described as being like a moment from a TV detective show.
Two weeks later, the bike is still there.
“They said they won’t answer the door so there’s nothing they can do about it,” Anderson said.
“I know the police have got other priorities but it’s just so frustrating.
“These people were in my house while I was asleep, while my kids were asleep.
“I’m sure I am not the only crime they committed in the area.
“These are criminals, go and do something.”
Anderson said she wasn’t tempted to knock on the door.
”I shouldn’t be having to do the detective work… I do know they’ve got higher priorities but I am serving this on a platter.”
NSW Police said an investigation by Mt Druitt Police Area Command is ongoing.
