Posted on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 10:23 a.m.
Man arrested for stealing a moped from Ypsilanti parking lot
By John Counts
A 25-year-old man was arrested for stealing a moped from the parking lot of an Ypsilanti business Wednesday, according to police.
Around 11:30 a.m., the suspect cut the lock off the moped, which was parked in the lot of a business located in the 800 block of West Michigan Avenue.
The suspect was later identified and arrested in Belleville, according to Ypsilanti police.
The moped was recovered.
The 25-year-old is currently lodged in the Washtenaw County Jail.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
hmsp
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 : 2:33 a.m.
@ Tom Todd: Kinda Fonda Honda? I like your rhythm & rhyme! And I can just here the crackle on the police scanner: "Dopehead on a Moped! Dopehead on a Moped!
RJA
Fri, Jul 13, 2012 : 12:26 a.m.
So glad to hear the moped was recovered and the Belleville man arrested. Great job Ypislanti Police!
nickcarraweigh
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 5:15 p.m.
We can only hope this is an isolated incident and not an initiation rite in one of the area's mushrooming outlaw moped gangs.
PittsfieldTwp
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 3:50 p.m.
Suspect was last seen wearing OP corduroy shorts, knee high white socks with blue and red stripes.
Tom Todd
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 3:06 p.m.
kinda fond of honda scooters got 74
deetdeedee
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 5:30 p.m.
I think he's got a frog, a dog with a solid gold bone =-}'
cornelius McDougenschniefferburgenstein jr. 3 esq.
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 : 5:25 p.m.
do you have any parts for 85 spree?