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# Cyclist stopped for violation found with stolen laptop (crime watch)
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/cyclist-stopped-violation-stolen-laptop-crime-watch/
- Published: 2015-04-18T13:31:26.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:38:08.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, bicycle, CRIME WATCH, cycling, david poley, municipal code, Police, probation, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Crime, santa monica news, santa monica police, smpd, stolen property, theft, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

On April 7 at about 11:20 p.m., officers were on patrol when they saw a subject riding a bicycle on a sidewalk, in violation of a Santa Monica Municipal Code.

They detained the subject and attempted to identify him to issue him a ticket. During the stop, the officers asked if they could look into the subject's backpack.

After gaining consent, the officers saw several tools and a laptop. They checked the serial number of the laptop in the system and discovered it was reported stolen on April 4, 2015, from a vehicle burglary in the same area.

The subject was arrested for possession of stolen property and a probation violation. David Poley, 26, of Santa Monica, had bail set at $10,000.