Bike tampering outbreak

Ely police are asking for help as they deal with suspected bike tampering in town.

According to a post on the Ely Police Department’s Facebook page earlier this week, the department has “received multiple reports this year of front tires coming off children’s bicycles while being ridden, resulting in injuries.”

Police are concluding that “these incidents may not be accidental but the result of someone intentionally tampering with the bikes.”