abandoned scooter found in alley between Bryant & Channing NW

See this 2/12/2011 message from a Bryant Street NW resident:

On Thursday night a stolen scooter was abandoned in the back alley between the unit block of Bryant NW and Channing NW. We are hoping that the owner or someone who knows the owner is on the list serve and will see this. It is a blue Road Scooter brand LB50QT-6 50cc scooter that was clearly hot-wired and dumped. There were no license plates on it. It was laying on its side and leaking gas. We called the police who send over a crime scene unit to finger print it and pick it up. If any readers own or know the owner of the scooter, we hope they get it back. The police have it.

stolen scooter spotted in Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park

A Bloomingdale resident writes to report that he spotted on Sunday, 11 July an individual riding his white Honda Elite 80 scooter that was stolen out of his backyard in late June. The individual was spotted first at the intersection of 2nd and T NW, then 10 minutes later heading north on 4th Street before turning east on W and disappearing.

The scooter has a distinctive look (see photo) and a chip out of the bottom of the front fender which the owner clearly saw while passing the rider on 4th Street. The scooter has no license plate, but did have at the time of theft a Virginia registration sticker that has an orange border and reads "4 11" and is affixed on the left side of the scooter's steering column (see photo).

If anyone spots the scooter parked in the neighborhood, please DO NOT attempt to reclaim it or confront its operator, but please notify the owner of the time and location of sighting at hondasctr@gmail.com.

The police were informed of this sighting, but unable to find the driver or scooter. Thanks for your any and all help.