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TED KELTS LOVES HIS BICYCLES HE HAS LIMITED VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES, BUT HE SURE CAN RIDE. AND HIS BIKES BRING HIM A SENSE OF FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS THAT NOTHING ELSE CAN. SO WHEN THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED PUSHABLE TRICYCLE, AND TANDEM BIKE WERE TAKEN FROM TED’S GARAGE EARLIER THIS WEEK, HIS MOM WAS DEVASTATED AND HOPELESS. >> I’M SO UPSET ABOUT THE WHOLE THE WHOLE THING. SO UPSET. WE’LL NEVER GET THE BIKES BACK. I MEAN, MAYBE THEY’LL TRY TO SELL THEM SOMEWHERE. BRIAN: TURNS OUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, ONLY LOYALTY PAWN SHOP HAD SEEN OUR STORY, AND THEY WEREN’T BUYING. >> WE TRY TO GET TIPS LIKE THAT REGULARLY DEPENDING ON WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND THE AREA, TO KINDA LOOK OUT FOR CERTAIN ITEMS BEFORE WE TAKER THEM. AND WHEN THAT CAME IN I WAS LIKE, IMMEDIATELY RED FLAG TO ME. BRIAN: JOSEPH CONTRERAS SAYS HE TOOK THE TANDEM BIKE BEHIND THE COUNTER FOR A CLOSER LOOK. HE THEN TOLD THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT IT THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN STOLEN. >> ONCE WE SAID THAT, THEY IMMEDIATELY GOT NERVOUS AND THEY HIT THE DOOR. BRIAN: TODAY, SACRAMENTO POLICE GOT TO DELIVER THE GOOD NEWS -- >> TODAY THE FAMILY THINKS THAT WE HAVE SOME IMPORTANT FOLLOW UP TO DO, SO WE WANTED TO SURPRISE THEM. BRIAN: AND IF YOU WONDERED HOW IMPORTANT THIS BIKE IS, JUST WATCH THE REACTION FROM JANET KELT TED WILL BE BACK ON HIS BIKE TOMORROW, BUT NOT BEFORE MOM AND DAD TOOK A VICTORY LAP >> IT MEANS THE WORLD. IT JUST MEANS EVERYTHING. THE SYSTEM WORKED AND PEOP REPORTED THINGS AND PEOPLE TOLD OTHER PEOPLE AND I GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT THERE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I WISHING PEOPLE WOULD JUST STOP BELITTLING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY’RE AMAZING. AND WE’RE JUST SO GRATEFUL. >> THANK YOU TO KCRA AS WELL BECAUSE YOU WERE RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE AS SOON AS YOU KNEW ABOUT IT AND REPORTED IT AND GETTING THE WORD OUT MADE THIS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SO LET’S GO GET THE PEOPLE WHO DI

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Nearly a week after two special needs bikes were stolen from a Sacramento home, one was found and returned Friday – thanks to a vigilant pawn shop worker.The bikes belong to 20-year-old Ted Kelts. He is nonverbal and was born with a rare form of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, which is a condition characterized by limited muscle tone, as well as physical and intellectual disabilities.The bikes, which were stolen last week from the garage at a home in the 2600 block of Latham Drive, allowed Kelts to get around with help from his parents.“He flaps his hands and shakes his head and is just so happy and feels so free,” mother Janet Kelts told KCRA on Monday. “We don't have those bikes anymore because they were stolen from Ted's garage.”Janet Kelts and her husband George Kelts bought the bikes for their son 10 years ago. When they were stolen, the couple put out a call for help. On Monday, KCRA 3 aired a story about the stolen bikes.“We can fix the bikes, no matter what shape they’re in,” Janet Kelts said Monday. “We just are holding out hope we can get them back and Ted can go riding again sooner rather than waiting for them to be replaced.”One of the bikes, a silver tandem bike made in New Zealand, allows Ted Kelts to sit in the front while his father pedals and steers from the back seat. The second bike, a purple push-tricycle that was made in Florida, allows Ted to feel like he’s riding while someone is pushing from behind his seat.A worker at Loyalty Pawn recognized the silver tandem bike when he saw it in the shop Thursday night. Joseph Contreras said workers try to stay on top of news stories about theft in case items come into the shop. “We got it behind the counter, we told them, ‘Before we release it back to you, before we get this loan for you, I have to make sure this isn’t the bike that was on report for being stolen, actually grand theft report, so we have to take our proper steps before we do any process alone,’” he recalled. “They immediately got nervous – they had like a deer in the headlights look on their face. And so, from there, that’s when they decided, go back and forth, look around, and that’s when they hit the door – they immediately left.” Contreras said the store had gotten the people's identification before they left the shop. The store also has surveillance video of the people who walked in with the bike. Contreras and his managers called Sacramento police to report that they had one of the stolen bikes. He said the bike was picked up Friday morning.On Friday evening, Sacramento police surprised Janet and George Kelts with the recovered tandem bike. Janet Kelts was in tears when officers showed her the bike. “Guys, thank you so much for everything,” Janet Kelts said through tears while hugging officers.“That’s some good work,” George Kelts told officers as they unloaded the bike from a patrol truck.“It was our honor to return the bike to the Kelts family who was very appreciative,” Sacramento police said a tweet.Contreras said he's happy to know that he was able to help a family.“It’s self-satisfying to know that, OK not only do I have the ability to give people loans, and stuff like that, but I’m also allowed to do what’s right … It was pretty self-satisfying to be able to help a family.”Police said detectives are still working to find the stolen tricycle, and they are close to making an arrest in the case.