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Lancaster County prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Husker linebacker and a distance runner with stealing seven bikes from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln rack Monday.

Josh Banderas, 19, and Lucas Keifer, 19, each face felony theft charges after police pulled them over at about 5:10 p.m. Monday.

Assistant UNL Police Chief Charlotte Evans said a witness called 911 just before 5 p.m. after seeing two people clipping bike locks with a bolt cutter and taking them to a truck.

The truck left, and UNL and Lincoln police officers responded to a larceny-in-progress call.

Near Antelope Valley Parkway and M Street, a Lincoln police officer pulled over the silver Chevrolet 1500 truck Keifer was driving, Evans said.

They seized the mountain bikes, valued at $1,699, and a bolt cutter from the truck’s bed.

Both were taken to jail on suspicion of possession of burglar’s tools and theft by unlawful taking between $500 and $1,500.

They were released from jail Tuesday on $3,500 bond each and will appear in court June 17.