


“Each of the teen’s, through their reporting of suspicious activity, demonstrated to everyone the type of character that builds a community as strong as Danville,” police added. Voss has been known to police officers in the San Ramon Valley in 2016 he was arrested by the San Ramon Police Department on suspicion of sexually assaulting a ride-share driver.ĭanville Police Chief Allan Shields said he was very proud of the teen and felt that they showed “exceptional character identifying and reporting someone doing wrong in their community,” according to police officials. Voss was then booked into the Martinez Detention Facility for possession of a stolen bicycle, tampering with vehicles and for probation violation. Police: Danville teens help stop bike thief Danville PD officials praise boys for helping officers find offender “The stolen bicycle was returned to the owner, thanks in large part to the fact that when the victim made the initial report in January, they provided a photo of the bicycle and the serial number,” police said.

They saw something, they said something, and it led to the arrest of a criminal and the return of stolen property.”Īfter alerting police of the incident, officers reported finding Peter Edward Voss riding a stolen mountain Bike on the Iron Horse Regional Trail near San Ramon Valley Boulevard - police added that the bike was reported stolen from a local school while the owner was attending class on Jan.

“We want to give a lot of credit to these four young men. “This incident actually happened a few weeks ago, but we wanted to give a shoutout to some of our local young people who were instrumental in helping stop a crime,” Danville police officials said in a Facebook post. Police say they were able to arrest a 31-year-old man, after the four boys reported to a security officer that they saw the man looking into cars and tugging on door handles. The Danville Police Department has publicly praised the actions of four 13-year-old boys whom they say directly contributed toward the apprehension of a bike thief.
