Teen Buys a Bike He Didn’t Know Was Stolen–Now Rightful Owner Wants to Make Sure He Gets Another

In a feel-good story that proves hard work pays off, a stranger decided to reward a young man who accidently bought his own stolen dirt bike off Facebook Marketplace.

The teen, 13-year-old Noah from Kansas, had spent the entire summer mowing lawns and doing other chores to save up money for the dirt bike, a sacrifice of the entire inter-scholastic period for a promise of much greater joy to come: the kind of behavior that all Western society was built upon.

But the bike was actually stolen property, little did Noah know it, and tied to a 2023 storage-unit burglary in Wichita.

Referencing the criminal case number, Glenn Timoteo, the dirt bike’s true owner, organized a GoFundMe “to help Noah get the dirt bike he truly earned, and to show him that there’s still good in the world.”

“He had no way of knowing. He did everything right, following the steps his dad taught him about making a fair deal,” Timoteo wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Then came the knock on the door: police had to take it back. Noah had done nothing wrong, yet he lost both the bike and the money he worked so hard to earn.”

“I remember the pride of working for the things I earned as a kid, and I don’t want him to lose that sense of pride or his belief that hard work and honesty still matter. Every contribution, big or small, helps get him back on two wheels,” he finished.

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At publishing time, donations have reached $3,275, around 55% of the total required to buy Noah his new bike.

It’s not going to save a life, but it’s certainly a worthy cause.

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