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Report on complaint #xxxxxxxx Theft of 1967 Triumph Bonneville
Description- 1967 Triumph Bonneville 650cc
Hardtail Jammer frame
Peanut tank
dragbars w/4" risers
4 degree rake, extended 8"
16" custom chrome sissybar, twist and tapered
Black leather king queen seat
Bike is all black & chrome
Dunlop 18" drag rear tire
Value $4,000 to $5,000
Information to date-
The bike was stolen from the garage of Dwayne Held, xxx Soldiers Pass Rd., sometime in February or March(as best as I can figure).
The person who stole the bike is Charles Mittelman (aka Charlie, Chuck).
According to Dwayne Held, he came by and said that he was to pick the bike up etc. (Dwayne was contacted by Officer Jimmy Heller on 6-03-02 so Heller has the story) although Dwayne’s story is suspect, the fact that the bike was taken by Mittelman is true.
Mittelman enlisted the aide of two people to help load the bike and they are as follows-
Torey Malone (xxx-xxxx)
Steve Stebic (no phone) xxx Windsong Dr.
They assisted Mittelman in taking the bike to xxx Monte Vista Ln in Sedona where it sat for a few days. The occupant (Tearsa) does not know what happened to it from there other than Mittelman removed it.

Neither of these two men knew that the removal of the bike was for any ulterior reason and are offering whatever assistance they can to it’s recovery.

Mittelman is currently a witness for the Prescott Area Narcotics Taskforce and it is quite possible that Officer Chris Wiley of said organization will know Mittelman’s whereabouts as the cases are still pending regarding Mittelman’s involvement.

Charles Mittelman owns property in Arkansas, 20 acres located at-
xxx Sylvan Lane
Clinton Arkansas
And may have taken the motorcycle to that location as it seems he was gone for a while and had said he was hauling belongings there. He is apparently still in this area at this time.

Apparently Steve Stebic contacted the Sedona PD the other day and spoke with Officer Edgerton about this but as no one has bothered contacting me at all about any of this, I was unaware.
If I had known this information, I would not have gone to Flagstaff yesterday and gotten in a physical confrontation with the group of Tweakers that I had a false lead on. Bear in mind that I will not hesitate to follow any lead to find this bike if I feel the Sedona PD is dragging their heels, whatever the consequences.

~~Update 6-10-02~~
I have located the motorcycle in Jerome. Officer Heller has the address and phone number of the man who has it. Phil Harris bought the bike from Mittelman for $500.00. He was given a bill of sale and told the title was lost but clean. I do not believe that Mr. Harris is a party to this crime and bought the bike with good intentions. Harris has agreed to return the bike and Corrigan Automotive is going to return his $500.00
According to Steve Stebic (who I have every reason to believe as he was the one to lead me to the motorcycle and was very open and helpful in all this), the principle parties involved in the theft of the motorcycle were Charles Mittelman and Dwayne Held.
The story that Held told me was false as was the story he told Officer Heller (the stories differed).
Held sold the bike to Mittelman who told him that he would take it to Arkansas. For whatever reason (I believe it to be tied to his working for Detective Wiley), Mittelman delayed his trip to Arkansas and took the bike to a small Harley shop in Flagstaff (located around 4th St and Rt. 66) and had them perform minor work on it. I would imagine the shop has a repair order on it.
Mittelman met with Held in the Laughing Coyote and Held asked him when he was leaving town. Mittelman said he wasn’t leaving right away and was getting the bike running to play with a bit and thought he had someone in Sedona that would buy it.
Held go upset and told Mittleman that he couldn’t do that as the owner lived in Sedona and would probably spot the bike. They apparently had a heated argument over this and Held offered to buy the bike back and get rid of it. Mittelman agreed and brought the bike back even though Held could not pay him for it at that time.
Meanwhile, Mittelman ran across a kid in Jerome that goes by the name “Lizard Leonard” (this kid lives in the old schoolhouse, room A-xxx) and told him that he had a Triumph for sale. Leonard told him he knew a guy that restored bikes and would ask him. Leonard connected Mittelman to Harris. I do not believe Leonard was party to this crime and was the one to take me to Harris. I connected with Leonard through Stebic.

Steve Stebic is more than willing to tell the Sedona PD the entire story and has and will cooperate fully.

I wish to press charges of Grand Theft Auto against both Held and Mittelman and would like to see Held also charged with false reporting to a police officer and whatever other charges that the Sedona PD feels appropriate. I will follow through with whatever the PD and court needs to see both of these thieves prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

It has been made clear to me that Mittelman is involved in many similar crimes. He is a two time convicted felon and is currently working as an informant for the Prescott Area Narcotics Taskforce. I am aware that sometimes informants are protected by such agencies but feel that he should face these charges as they are outside the realm of his informant activities.
For what ever good the PANT may feel he is serving it needs to be kept in mind that he is not informing for “the good of the community” but as a trade out for immunity for some other crime. In the meantime he has obviously committed at least one other felony and I would bet numerous others. This man needs to be off the street before anyone else suffers from his misdeeds.

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I've had an interesting week.

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wow.

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I have a very, very strong feeling that Mr. Mittelman is going to deeply regret this mistake he made.

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they should execute this guy with the dirty bomber.

pics of the bonnie?

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got a norton commando i could pilfer?

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I'll just echo Morgana's WOW

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Nice bike.

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What's implied, though not specifically addressed, is that the zipperhead left his bike with a jerkoff, and didn't think of saying "duhh, how's my motorcycle, man?" in between vials of crack and/or six-packs of Olde English 800.

What a fuckwit. Yeah, the inept dunderheads who stole it, leaving a papertrail that looks like airport landing lights at night, are shitheads, no doubt. But somewhere in the human owner's manual on page 1 it says something like; "Keep an eye on your stuff."

That said, I used to own a Bonneville 650, back about '76. Fucking rattletrap, with suspension like a haywagon and a seat so badly designed that after 10 minutes on it your whole lower half went numb. It felt like everything below your waist had turned into wet cotton. It went like a bat outta hell, but the brakes were so cheezy and the carb so goddamn finicky, I traded it for a Moto Guzzi 850 and never looked back. Besides, something about a "Triumph chopper" is an oxymoron, like "Ferrari delivery van" or "JEB's souffle recipe."

It just ain't right. Maybe those assholes were just trying to get rid of it. Maybe a part left out of the report was "$500 for a '67 Bonneville? Throw the book at 'em!"

Any way of keeping up with the story and filling us in as it progresses?
Personally, I'd like to see them try an insanity plea. If the judge is any kind of motorcycle fan, he'd probably agree.

Held could just say he was trying to cut out the Mittelman.

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Now we need "punny" points...

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Originally posted by Peter_Torque
What's implied, though not specifically addressed, is that the zipperhead left his bike with a jerkoff, and didn't think of saying "duhh, how's my motorcycle, man?" in between vials of crack and/or six-packs of Olde English 800.

I will address that then. The "zipperhead" (me) DID check in with the shop and with the owner on a regular basis, fuck you very much. The mechanic that farmed it out to the garage where it was stolen from led me on for quite a while (he was trying to find the bike himself) because he was a bit concerned that I would rip his head off when I found out it was missing.
I don't do crack or 800, btw, you assumptive pinhead.

What a fuckwit. Yeah, the inept dunderheads who stole it, leaving a papertrail that looks like airport landing lights at night, are shitheads, no doubt. But somewhere in the human owner's manual on page 1 it says something like; "Keep an eye on your stuff."
It's a small town, asshole, the owner of the shop is a friend of mine, I trusted him on what I was being told.

That said, I used to own a Bonneville 650, back about '76. Fucking rattletrap, with suspension like a haywagon and a seat so badly designed that after 10 minutes on it your whole lower half went numb.
So you were stupid enough to buy a lemon then.
It felt like everything below your waist had turned into wet cotton. It went like a bat outta hell, but the brakes were so cheezy
Brakes are sweet on mine, not my fault you didn't know what you were doing.

and the carb so goddamn finicky,
Amals suck, that is a given. If you wanted to make it run better, you could have put Mikunis on it like I did mine. They make a Triumph twice the bike.
I see you also were riding a Trophy (single carb), I wouldn't own one either.

I traded it for a Moto Guzzi 850 and never looked back. Besides, something about a "Triumph chopper" is an oxymoron, like "Ferrari delivery van" or "JEB's souffle recipe."

Guzzi, the Yuppie bike of the Eighties. Too bad you don't have it now, I'd race you for pink slips and give it to the kids to play on in the sandbox.
Your opinion of how the bike is modified means nothing to me. The last 5 bikes I have owned have been hardtails, I like the ride better than stock. I sold my last panhead (that's a Harley for you amateur riders) beause I was sick of working on it and got a great offer for it. I've had this Triumph for decades, it jhas seen 4 Harleys come and go. A good reliable scoot. Fuck you if you feel the need to turn your wanna-be biker nose up at it.

It just ain't right. Maybe those assholes were just trying to get rid of it. Maybe a part left out of the report was "$500 for a '67 Bonneville? Throw the book at 'em!"

Any way of keeping up with the story and filling us in as it progresses?
Personally, I'd like to see them try an insanity plea. If the judge is any kind of motorcycle fan, he'd probably agree.

If you knew anything about vintage bikes, you wouldn't have posted this tripe.

Held could just say he was trying to cut out the Mittelman.

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Once again.
Nice bike.

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The bike is back at the garage. We picked it up this afternoon and the cops got some great evidence against Held and Mittelman.
the garage paid Harris the $500 that he bought the bike for and are going to completely dial the bike in at no charge to me.
I bet they keep a close eye on it this time.

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I had to do a search on myself to see where this goddamn thread was. Okay, I see what you meant when you went off on me in that other thread. Point taken, I was being a dipshit. If you were actually offended I apologize, but your original post in no way showed you were the owner of said stolen velocipede. I just saw "Triumph Bonneville" and remembered all the money I had put into my piece of shit that I could have spent on pussy and/or ... other things... and everything went red, your honor, so I started spewing. It was a drive-by posting, think nothing of it, douche-nozzle (payback is a bitch).

Now let's get on to talking about motorcycles. We all did weird shit during the AMF years, agreed? I got that Triumph because I met Arlo Guthrie and played with him a few times. He had his on the cover of one of his albums and was always going on about it. I was actually eyeing the BSA or a Norton (people were putting VW supercharges on Commandos and Ariels back then) and then British Leyland bought them out, so the Triumph had a bit more Track Record and was going cheap.

I had sold my old 67 Shovelhead on a nifty Savior frame for a ridiculous amount (had a great pearl paintjob) and the Triumph was like going from a Lincoln convertible to a skateboard. The big difference between the two was; I couldn't get laid just because I owned the Triumph. It was less than a year old, and stock. I earned my lumps about the seat design and I'll stick to it, but give you one on the part about it being a "lemon." I always said it had been made after lunch.

The Guzzi was full-dress and I put thousands of road miles on it, fuck you very much. Had that been my shovel I'd still be walking funny. It was weird as shit buying a wop bike after years of H-D, but it wound up being the best ride I ever had (besides that blonde in Providence).

So we can either bury the hatchet here based on our mutual admiration for fine, two-wheeled machinery or continue off on the wrong foot. I would prefer the former and once again offer my apologies for my ill-thought remarks. We'll get together at a pissup sometime and do a geritol toast.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peter_Torque
[B]I had to do a search on myself to see where this goddamn thread was. Okay, I see what you meant when you went off on me in that other thread. Point taken, I was being a dipshit. If you were actually offended I apologize, but your original post in no way showed you were the owner of said stolen velocipede. I just saw "Triumph Bonneville" and remembered all the money I had put into my piece of shit that I could have spent on pussy and/or ... other things... and everything went red, your honor, so I started spewing. It was a drive-by posting, think nothing of it, douche-nozzle (payback is a bitch).

Fair enough. (I did go off on you some more in Heather's thread on this bike thing but that was before I saw this reply so ignore it, if you will).
Douche-nozzle is a piss poor takeoff on Fucknozzle (which I copyrighted in here a few years ago). You should feel shame for uttering such pathetic drivel.

Now let's get on to talking about motorcycles. We all did weird shit during the AMF years, agreed?
I don't wish to think about AMF. *shudder*

I got that Triumph because I met Arlo Guthrie and played with him a few times.
He is and was one of my favorite performers, very cool that you had that experience with him.
He had his on the cover of one of his albums and was always going on about it. I was actually eyeing the BSA or a Norton (people were putting VW supercharges on Commandos and Ariels back then) and then British Leyland bought them out, so the Triumph had a bit more Track Record and was going cheap.
I loved my Commando Combat, it was the only stock bike I owned that I liked.

I had sold my old 67 Shovelhead on a nifty Savior frame for a ridiculous amount (had a great pearl paintjob) and the Triumph was like going from a Lincoln convertible to a skateboard. The big difference between the two was; I couldn't get laid just because I owned the Triumph. It was less than a year old, and stock.
Stock = why you couldn't get laid. I hope you have learned your lesson there. Two shovels and two pans, all four sold because somebody offered ridiculous bucks for them. confess I took the offer on my last Pan because it constantly pissed me off. I spent as much time working on it as I did riding it. The Trumpet I have now was always the faithful backup. The ole Lady would want to go for a putt. Half the time I would go out and spend 10 minutes kicking and cursing the Pan. She would come out and I would get on the Bonne and it ALWAYS started on the second kick and off we went.
I earned my lumps about the seat design and I'll stick to it, but give you one on the part about it being a "lemon." I always said it had been made after lunch.

The Guzzi was full-dress and I put thousands of road miles on it, fuck you very much. Had that been my shovel I'd still be walking funny. It was weird as shit buying a wop bike after years of H-D, but it wound up being the best ride I ever had (besides that blonde in Providence).
Eh, I only kicked it as a comeback. I admire their engineering but not the design... but that is all a matter of taste and I don't expect the world to follow my lead on that.

So we can either bury the hatchet here based on our mutual admiration for fine, two-wheeled machinery or continue off on the wrong foot. I would prefer the former and once again offer my apologies for my ill-thought remarks. We'll get together at a pissup sometime and do a geritol toast.
Deal.

BTW, I use this color in memory of one of my favorite posters here. This was his signature color.

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If you pay $500 for a stolen Triumph that's worth $5000 you are INVOLVED!

They should prosecute everyone down the line. If you sell a Triumph that runs for $500 you know it's hot.

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The last guy to buy it was fed a very good story and was under the assumption that it did not run. It didn't even have the linkage cables or gaslines on it. He also was given two bills of sale (which are helping to incriminate both Held and Mittelman, you would not believe the trail these two morons left).
Harris was told by Mittelman that he had toget back to Arkansas as he was dying of cancer and had bought the bike as a basket case. He said he was desperate for money to travel with and that was why he only wanted $500 for the bike. Harris knew it was a good deal and figured why the fuck not. I believe he wouldn't have bought the bike if he knew it was hot. He is an old dog up in Jerome and wouldn't knowly involve himself in shit like that. He was very helpful to the cops and has put out the word on this, looking for more shit to bag these two asshole on.

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Wonderaz, let's make "nice fucking bike" points so we can give them to you.

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