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Oakland lady stranded after mobility scooter stolen: 'I'm damaged'

By Miles Cooper
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February 22, 2025
Oakland lady stranded after mobility scooter stolen: 'I'm damaged'
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — An Oakland lady who depends on a mobility scooter to get round mentioned she has been left stranded after it was stolen from her dwelling in broad daylight. Almost 5 days later, she nonetheless hasn’t heard again from Oakland police.

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Brittany Clay, who lives with a number of sclerosis, has relied on her scooter for the previous 4 years. With out it, she will be able to barely stroll quite a lot of steps. Surveillance video captured a person breaking previous her household’s entrance gate simply after 10 a.m. Tuesday and taking off along with her solely mode of transportation.

Oakland lady stranded after mobility scooter stolen: 'I'm damaged'An Oakland lady who depends on a scooter to get round says she has been left stranded after it was stolen from her dwelling in broad daylight.

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“I just immediately started crying,” said Clay. “I’m broken.”

Clay is a lifelong Oakland resident who met her husband Matt at Fremont Excessive Faculty and raised her two youngsters, Casius and Brea, within the metropolis. On the day her scooter was stolen, she was about to go away for a volunteer shift at a meals pantry.

Photograph courtesy of Brittany Clay.

“I’ve had stuff happen to me growing up here in Oakland but that right there, that takes the cake,” mentioned Clay.

Now, Clay mentioned she’s caught at dwelling. Her guide walker isn’t a sensible different, and lacking her scooter means she gained’t be capable to attend the Black Pleasure Parade this weekend, an occasion she appears ahead to yearly. She can also’t watch her youngsters play sports activities till she will get a brand new one.

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“My babies got stuff to do. Summer is coming, spring is coming. I need to be out,” said Clay. “I wanted to be able to come out to my MS walk this season. Obviously, that’s not possible.”

Clay mentioned what damage much more was what occurred when she tried calling 911.

“I am dumbfounded,” said Clay. “I am sitting exterior on my walker ready for like 5 hours and no person confirmed up. I referred to as again the quantity, and it says, ‘you’ll be able to go away a report on-line’ and that is what I wound up doing. Nobody ever reached again out to me. I am neglected, hung to dry. That damage me.”

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A spokesperson for the Oakland Police Officers Affiliation mentioned individuals can wait as much as three to 5 days for a response as a consequence of staffing shortages.

“Town council and mayor’s workplace has gutted the infrastructure of the police division and it’s unhappy and regarding,” mentioned the Oakland Police Officers Affiliation in a information assertion to KRON4.

For Clay, the dearth of urgency is irritating.

“That broke me,” said Clay. “How far do we’ve to go? I am not attempting to get shot for y’all to take me severely.”

Clay mentioned she has volunteered with the town and is well-known in the neighborhood. Now, she hopes consciousness and a GoFundMe will assist her get justice.

“I love my city. I love Oakland. There’s no place like it. It’s beautiful weather, everything. The crime is horrible,” said Clay. “Some of the people you can’t pick and choose, but this right here hurt.”

KRON4 reached out to Oakland police for particulars in regards to the investigation however has not but obtained a response.

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