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I think my neighbor may have stolen my license plate.
JonAnon
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Hi all. First time posting to H&A 
Last Friday evening, I noticed my motorcycle's license plate was missing. At first I had assumed it might have fallen off on its own somewhere on the road, but found out about the likelihood of it being stolen when speaking to the DMV about it. I've already reported the license plate lost/stolen with the DMV and have been issued a new one (now safely guarded by an anti-theft device). I'm now interested in hearing some opinions on how I should handle the possibility of this being an actual theft.
I live in a condo community where we each have our own reserved parking spot. My downstairs neighbor's spot is directly to the right of mine, and they are one of maybe three people in my building (including myself) who own a motorcycle. They've lived downstairs from me for about 8 months or so, and while I haven't had any direct problems with this tenant, the community itself has had a few; usually involving cleanliness of their front door/porch area and noise levels (music, domestic disputes, etc.)
The neighbor, along with their vehicles (car and motorcycle), were completely gone from the neighborhood from the day my plate went missing until earlier today. Normally they keep their bike covered, so I don't remember if they were lacking a plate before mine went missing. However, I passed by them earlier today (when I first noticed they were back) and they were in the middle of covering their bike. They had a new, temporary tag from the DMV, good until 4/15; exactly a month from the first day they could have gone to the DMV after my plate went missing.
Like I said; while suspicious, nothing exactly concrete.
That being said, does this sound like a scenario that law enforcement would be interested in looking into at least?
Last Friday evening, I noticed my motorcycle's license plate was missing. At first I had assumed it might have fallen off on its own somewhere on the road, but found out about the likelihood of it being stolen when speaking to the DMV about it. I've already reported the license plate lost/stolen with the DMV and have been issued a new one (now safely guarded by an anti-theft device). I'm now interested in hearing some opinions on how I should handle the possibility of this being an actual theft.
I live in a condo community where we each have our own reserved parking spot. My downstairs neighbor's spot is directly to the right of mine, and they are one of maybe three people in my building (including myself) who own a motorcycle. They've lived downstairs from me for about 8 months or so, and while I haven't had any direct problems with this tenant, the community itself has had a few; usually involving cleanliness of their front door/porch area and noise levels (music, domestic disputes, etc.)
The neighbor, along with their vehicles (car and motorcycle), were completely gone from the neighborhood from the day my plate went missing until earlier today. Normally they keep their bike covered, so I don't remember if they were lacking a plate before mine went missing. However, I passed by them earlier today (when I first noticed they were back) and they were in the middle of covering their bike. They had a new, temporary tag from the DMV, good until 4/15; exactly a month from the first day they could have gone to the DMV after my plate went missing.
Like I said; while suspicious, nothing exactly concrete.
That being said, does this sound like a scenario that law enforcement would be interested in looking into at least? 0
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Did they just not have a plate before hand and somehow needed a plate for a couple hours before they went and got a new one or something? That seems like a pretty low percentage kind of thing there. Much more likely Xaquin in on the money that somebody stole their plate as well.
I would seriously doubt that a next door neighbor would be stupid enough to steal your bike plate, and then put it on his bike weeks later.
Let us know if we're wrong though, because that would be hilarious.
And yeah, I'll be sure to post a follow-up should it actually have been the neighbor
Police vehicles in many areas have license plate readers now, and some of them will automatically flag vehicles that are suspicious.