Car broken into Stolen Disc Golf bag

Submitted by Windsor-Bricks t3_yykrgy in washingtondc

Last night around 11 pm my car was broken into on Florida Ave and 12th Pl NW near Cardozo school. My blue/black Trooper disc golf back pack was taken along with a portable speaker. The thieves probably didn’t realize the backpack was full of frisbees, and I think it may end up dumped somewhere, or possibly to sell on eBay or FB marketplace. The frisbees are labeled with my name and phone number. If anyone comes across the backpack or frisbees please message me here or message the number on the frisbees. Thanks, Eric.

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NPRjunkieDC t1_iwuno13 wrote

The thieves must be disappointed, yes.

I try to leave stuff in my trunk . Don't put it in trunk where I park of course but before I get to where I'm leaving car hours or overnight.

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drr71-2 t1_iwutzjr wrote

How would the thieves have known the backpack was full of frisbees? They saw a bag full of something within easy reach and has no consequences to them for stealing it to see what is in there.... it's like a present or lottery ticket.

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Windsor-Bricks OP t1_iwuuoob wrote

Replying to NPRjunkieDC (#566,235)

I always leave it in my trunk, but last night I was transporting some plexiglass so I ended up leaving the bag in the back seat. Another car also had their window broken in and a bag/cleats taken

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drr71-2 t1_iwux2jg wrote

Replying to messmaker523 (#567,018)

My comment is directed at OP's statement about the how "The thieves probably didn’t realize the backpack was full of frisbees....".....why the "probably"? Unless the bag is see-through, how would they know what was in there? If folks want to view my statement as blaming the victim....I can't do anything to help their poor interpretation of what I wrote.

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messmaker523 t1_iwuxhzr wrote

Replying to drr71-2 (#567,068)

I was joking. I commented in another thread when they asked how to prevent car break-ins in DC because it's very common. I said "leave nothing in your car. Not even an empty bag" because it makes a thief curious. I was then accused of victim shaming 🤣😂

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Momskitchen2 t1_iwv0r24 wrote

I walked by a Blue/black backpack that was open and tossed by some dumpsters in the alley beside the Ellington this morning around 8. I didn't get a close look at it but it was definitely blue/black.

Edit* I'm over by Howard theater right now I can walk over in a few minutes and see if it's still there.

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Windsor-Bricks OP t1_iwv5nc2 wrote

Update, the backpack was found 3 blocks away in an alley. Which is good they don’t know the value of $350 worth of frisbees

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WontStopAtSigns t1_iwv9ruz wrote

Just a heads up.. don't leave your discs in the car. The hot/cold cycles warped over half my shit sitting in the bag in the back. They look fine but when you throw they wobble like hell and are useless now :(

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coffeeecakee t1_iwvbgcg wrote

Replying to drr71-2 (#567,068)

“Probably” didn’t know it was full of frisbees as in, not as valuable as electronics or something. I think OP means, they thought it would be something valuable, it wasn’t, so maybe it was dumped somewhere and can be retrieved.

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hoosyourdaddyo t1_iwvbydq wrote

Where do you play? No courses in DC, right?

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drr71-2 t1_iwvw7qt wrote

Replying to coffeeecakee (#568,345)

Yeah....that's what I said...."They saw a bag full of something within easy reach and has no consequences to them for stealing it to see what is in there.... it's like a present or lottery ticket."

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Mister_Snrub t1_iwwd3sw wrote

Replying to Windsor-Bricks (#567,816)

Awesome news. I once had a rental car broken into only to have them steal a bag of dirty clothes, which I spent a while searching the alleys for. I had stopped at a friend’s Christmas party on my way back from being out of town. Luckily, I had brought my bag with my laptop and other good stuff in with me.

This was 15 years ago or so, but it was literally about a block from where your car got broken into.

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