Bicycle-Riding Thieves Take Metro Man's Business Equipment

<p>An Oklahoma City man's entire business was taken in less than five minutes.&nbsp;</p>

Friday, December 1st 2017, 6:24 pm

By: News 9


An Oklahoma City man's entire business was taken in less than five minutes.

Two people on bicycles managed to steal the man's equipment and ride off with it. The theft was caught on camera.

“It was quick,” said Gabriel Paramo. “It didn’t even take them five minutes.”  

The man and woman seen in the video, left Paramo, the owner of a power washing and car detailing business high and dry.  

“This is what I use to work,” said Paramo. “This is my job and what’s paying for my college.”

Earlier in the week, the two bicycle-riding burglars took aim at Paramo’s power washer.   

“You see both suspects ride by on bicycles,” said Msgt. Gary Knight, Oklahoma City Police Department. “They look over and spot the power washer.”

Paramo thought the power washer was safe behind a locked gate at his home. But the male suspect cut the lock, walked through the gate and rode off with the pricey equipment.

Paramo is shocked it all happened while he slept.

“We do have two dogs, so I would believe they would be intimidated by that,” said Paramo. “And we have cameras around the whole house.”

To him it is more than just a power washer. It was a gift from his father, one he used to start his own business. The theft has put him behind.

“I was out for two days without a pressure washer,” said Paramo. “I’m still waiting on my replacement.”

He's using a loaner until a new one comes in. Paramo is not sure if he will ever see the power washer again, but he's keeping an eye out for the thieves.

“I feel like people don’t really think how it affects you,” said Paramo. “They don’t think about the consequences a pressure washer might cost.”  

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