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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (12 children)

According to an ABC article, he apparently used cash for everything. Clever dude if true

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    I didn’t know you could use cash for rental bikes.

    All the ones in Chicago need the app in order to rent them.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Could you do it with a burner phone and load the app from a Visa gift card? Rent and place the city bike around the corner, do the deed, drop the phone (whether on accident or on purpose), take off on the bike.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Maybe pay a random stranger in cash to rent a bike for you

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That might be tough, since the cardholder is on the hook for the bike. I know I wouldn't do that for a stranger in NYC.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Some reports are saying it wasn't a rental bike, but it was the same e-bike model that the city's rental service uses, likely paid for with cash.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That would be something - buying a whole-ass e-bike to escape from your murder scene with. Interesting, too, that that bike hasn't been found yet, which means he didn't ditch it anywhere nearby, if at all.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Probably why he had an e-bike. Fast, silent, small, and easy to ride long distances compared to a normal bike, or a car in New York. Definitely helps that you can buy them for cash, without a license, and often person-to-person second hand

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  • And there's a lot of ebikes on the used market that were stolen in the first place. I've been trying to buy an ebike for a while and it's something that's on my mind while shopping used. So the seller is even more incentivized to keep their mouth shut.

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