A $600-tricycle joyride landed a Gainesville man in jail.
Gainesville Police arrested Joshua Mimbs, 30, after he wandered into a couple’s garage and stole a specialized bike, an arrest report said.
The man stopped at homes around the Northwest 34th Terrace neighborhood to ask if they could give him a bike.
A man noticed Mimbs looking into the windows of his home and heard the doorbell ring, the report said.
Mimbs told the man he was looking for a bicycle, and the man said he didn’t have a bike for Mimbs, the report said.
A witness called police to the area where Mimbs was last seen, GPD spokesperson Ben Tobias wrote in an email.
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The bike in question was a Schwinn adult tricycle outfitted with an electric motor, Tobias said.
Officers found Mimbs riding the tricycle and tried to pull him over, but he didn’t stop, Tobias said.
Mimbs got off the bike and ran, but officers caught up to him, Tobias said. Mimbs then agreed to show the officers where he “found” the tricycle, Tobias said.
Mimbs was on probation for grand theft auto at the time, the report said.
He was charged with burglary, grand theft and resisting without violence and is being held in the Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond.
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