Man arrested for reselling stolen bikes, medication, tools: SFPD

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A man suspected of receiving and reselling a horde of stolen items such as bicycles, medication, health products and construction tools was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department.

San Francisco police said Ronald Lopez-Rivera, 45, of Richmond, was taken into custody on April 18 after months-long surveillance. Police said Lopez-Rivera was tracked that day by detectives while transporting an allegedly stolen bicycle from 8th and Folsom streets to Leavenworth and McAllister streets.

Police said an officer search of Lopez-Rivera’s vehicle located “two confirmed stolen bicycles that were reported stolen from residential burglaries earlier that day in San Francisco.” A further search of his home and storage units uncovered more stolen goods from San Francisco that were collected as evidence, said police (See slideshow below).

Lopez-Rivera was booked into San Francisco County Jail for suspected possession of stolen property.

Despite the arrest, this remains an active case. Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at (415) 575-4444 or text a TIP to TIP411, starting the message with “SFPD.”

SFPD’s Burglary Detail unit reminds victims of bicycle thefts to keep records of serial numbers and utilize databases such as www.bikeindex.com — a free database for recovering stolen bicycles.