Stolen Oakland scooters found in French Camp using GPS locators, deputies say

FRENCH CAMP, Calif. — Deputies with the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said a suspect led them straight to him — because the GPS units were left on stolen scooters found at his home.

The story with a called to the Sheriff’s Office from a man in Oakland, who told deputies he was an employee at Gruy Scooters and recently reported stolen scooters to police there.

That’s where the GPS comes in.  

“The man informed us the GPS locators showed the scooters to be in French Camp,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post shared on Jan. 4.

Following the location, deputies arrived at a home on Wayne Court in French Camp, Calif. and met with Timothy McMahon. Because McMahon was on searchable probation, so they were able to look inside an RV parking in his driveway.

Inside they found 20 electric scooters from various companies like Gruy, Lyft, Lime and Bird.

“All scooters were damaged, dismantled or altered in some way,” the Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook, adding that some GPS locators on the scooters had been removed and destroyed.

During the investigation, deputies did indeed find the Gruy scooters that the original caller reported stolen from Oakland.  

McMahon was booked in the San Joaquin County Jail for multiple counts of possession of stolen property. Below is an image of the scooters found in McMahon's RV. More images are available on the Sheriff's Office Facebook page.

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