Failed theft attempt in Union Hill

Same night, 2:30am, same block: young man rang our door bell & knocked several times. Since we didn’t know him personally, and he didn’t seem injured/in-distress, we called police non-emergency.

They cut the cable to my cover, but then left it. Not sure if they tried to yank the chain anchor out of my steps or what. Thwarted by the big chain, though, I guess. Justin – was your scooter locked up?

We need a ‘bait scooter’ for the east end.
I’d love to catch these f’ckers.
It’s just ridiculous.

This suxx…Rode past there on my Vespa yesterday and I saw that bad boy covered up as usual. @ Justin Def call Chelsea although she’s probably seen this by now.

@Chris- I got plenty of tools, a big garage in Manchester and 3 Vespa’s. I’m also in 7 Hills Scoot Club. If you need any help repairing damage to your scoot I work for free/beer and your welcome to bring it by and we’ll replace any broken bits….also paying Scoot RVA is a good idea for the local economy. 🙂

Here’ some of my work:

http://modernvespa.com/forum/topic102160?highlight=carport

http://modernvespa.com/forum/topic100211?highlight=1964

Ms. Tyson,
Please report groups like that to the Police *ASAP*.
#1) There’s an 11:00 curfew for teenagers.
& 2.) It’s a sure thing they were up go no good.

Listen to your instincts. If it feels/looks/sounds wrong, then pick up the phone and ACT on that feeling.

Uh, if someone rings my door bell repeatedly and bangs on the front door at 2:30am, I’m concerned about his/her welfare–and that of me/my family. We did not recognize the young man. He was not in physical distress (we could see him from a window.) But by the time we roused ourselves from bed, and got down to the front door, the young man was simply sitting on our front porch chair, chillin. We did not call 911, but 646-5100 (non-emergency) and asked for a peaceful drive by. I see lots of youngsters/young men and women in my neighborhood–in groups–being themselves. Never a problem. After all, we live across from a city park. We’re used to if. But 2am bangin-on-your-front-door-for-no-apparent-reason ain’t right. What would you have done? If he appeared ill or injured, we would have acted quite differently. But this seemed more like youngin’s get into mischef. Note my neighbor down the block w/ a scooter on it’s side. Probably just a bunch of kids gettin a little out of control. I don’t want em towed off to jail–certainly not. But, a little wake up call/drive by to protect my property and the same of my neighbors isn’t too unreasonable to ask, is it?At 2am? If it had been 8pm at night, i’d a gone outside and given those fellas a neighborly piece of my mind (done that many times before). But 2am, no thanks. BTW, RPD was happy to dispatch–peacefully.

I will report young people out after curfew EVERY time, not just for our safety, but for theirs. The probability of a young person being harmed also goes up late at night.