Erica Forrest is exhausted.
This is the third time her son’s electric mobility bicycle, a black Volt Trio Trike with a car seat on the back, which he depends on to get around, has been stolen in a little over a year.
And, this time was no different.
“I just want to cry,” she said, noting that she just finished covering the costs since it was last stolen on Oct. 7.
The single mother only moved into her new place in Maple Ridge at the beginning of December, and is new to the city.
Her son, Jaxton, is nine-years-old but has severe mental and physical disabilities. He is in a wheelchair, and he has cerebral palsy.
He has no idea what’s going on, said Forrest.
Forrest used to live along Commercial Drive in Vancouver.
The bike was first stolen in Vancouver on Oct. 17, 2024, and it was found and brought back to her 26 hours later. It was stolen again from her Commercial Drive residence on Oct. 7, 2025, and it was returned six hours later.
This time it was stolen on Friday, Dec. 19, outside the Maple Ridge Walmart on 224 Street, where Forrest was shopping for boots for her son, because his feet were getting wet on the bike.
She locked up the bike to the rack outside the store underneath a video surveillance camera. The person is on video cutting the lock and stealing the bike.
It was turned into police anonymously on Tuesday, Dec. 23, but it came back to Forrest in really bad condition.
Two tires were ruined, the rims are damaged, and the battery was gouged and destroyed, said Forrest. It is currently unusable.
Forrest estimates it will cost between $400 to $500 to fix, and that is not including the extra items attached to the bike for her son like a helmet, a new lock, and new seat for the back of the bike.
Forrest feels defeated.
The seat was clearly labelled for a child, and there were disability stickers all over the bicycle, she said. But whoever stole it, ripped everything off. Her son’s toys were in the bike, along with a brand new water bottle he just received that morning.
“They don’t care,” she said.
“We just moved. We’ve been dealing with a lot. This was the last thing we needed,” she added.
Now all Forrest wants is some peace for the holidays.
She is touched by the support from the community and the help she has received.
“I just want some peace. I just want to smile with my son for a minute. I don’t want to think about this stuff for a second,” she said through tears.
There is a GoFundMe to help Forrest and her son started by Adam Murphy.
“The bike belongs to a family who uses it for their son who has a disability to get around. It’s truly sad to see this happen to anyone, let alone a child with a disability, especially just before the holidays,” said Murphy.
The fundraiser was started to purchase another bicycle like the same one that was stolen for the family.
“It’s a Christmas miracle,” said Forrest about getting the bike back again.
Now, she said, her goal is to get it fixed.
Ridge Meadows RCMP said the investigation into the theft is ongoing.
To donate to the GoFundMe go to: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-this-disabled-kid-get-his-bike-back.