‘This is all my kids care about;’ $60K worth of dirt bikes stolen from local family

DAYTON — A local family claims that close to $60,000 worth of dirt bikes was stolen from their garage.

Six bikes were allegedly taken overnight Monday and the family has been working to get them back. Two of them has been recovered by Tuesday evening, but the owners are worried they will never see the other four again.

The dirt bikes are the most important items in Erika and Brandon Fiessinger’s kids’ lives.

“This is all my kids care about. This is all they had,” Erika told News Center 7.

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The family’s Ring video captured three men coming up to their house and then going off-camera to the backyard where they spun another Ring camera around to break into the garage.

“I saw the garage door was cracked open and I knew if it was locked, it couldn’t be open,” Brandon said.

Brandon said he came outside and saw one robber with a bike.

“My foot might be broke, but it’s covered in blood blisters from running barefoot all the way down the street chasing them,” he said.

He was able to recover one bike, and since then, the Fiessingers have continuously been calling Dayton police. However, they said an officer didn’t show up to their home until Tuesday morning.

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“The dispatcher asked me why nobody had been out,” Erika said.

The Fiessinger’s posted a $1,000 reward for information on the bikes online and quickly received tips.

“We had people in our Ring app telling us. They’re right here. They’re right here,” Erika said.

They say they told police where they believe the bikes to be.

“The dispatcher at one point in time asked me if I could go there myself to retrieve my property,” Erika said.

Her husband said the same thing was told to him after spotting someone on his son’s bike.

“He stuck his hands back from his pocket...I thought it was a gun so I took off and came back home and called the police,” Brandon said. “They told me to stay in the area or where I was.”

The couple says no officer showed up to either call since they weren’t present.

“I’m not dumb enough to do that,” Erika said. “I’m not gonna put my life in danger over dirt bikes.”

Friends are trying to help by donating them a new bike.

“I don’t know if we deserved that but my kids do,” Brandon said.

He says they will continue looking for theirs.

“We are out $60 thousand dollars,” Erika said. “I’m not stopping, somebody is gonna answer to it.”

News Center 7 reached out to Dayton police and asked if they did tell the family to go to these scenes alone. We have not received an answer.

The Fiessingers said after this, they are moving out of the city for their own safety.

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Dirt Bikes Stolen From Local Family A local family claims close to $60 thousand worth of dirt bikes was stolen from their garage. (Photo Courtesy: Brandon Fiessinger)

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