GCSO officers give theft victims new bikes
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Deputy Luis Jimenez, left, and Deputy Zane Bundy, right, pose with a couple members of a Larson Community family whose electric bikes were stolen.
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MOSES LAKE - A Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy headed an effort to raise money to gift two new electric bikes to a family who had theirs stolen, according to a GCSO statement.
In a release by GCSO, Deputy Zane Bundy delivered two new electric bikes on Sunday to a family who had been the victim of a burglary.
The Larson Community family had expressed to deputies that their kids had respect for law enforcement officers and that the loss of the bikes would be a huge impact on the family, the release said.
“Deputy Bundy, with his heart strings pulled, passed the hat to all GCSO members, raising enough money to buy two new bikes for the kids,” thestatement said.
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