Man charged with stealing $5K worth of electric scooters from Vanderbilt University

Aubriella Jackson

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man was arrested Monday after reportedly being caught on security cameras stealing electric scooters from Vanderbilt University’s campus.

Harold Anderson, 65, was captured on surveillance video entering Vanderbilt’s campus on ten separate occasions, according to court documents. From Aug. 29 to Oct. 19, ten scooters were stolen, totaling $5,007.

On Oct. 21, a security guard doing surveillance in Centennial Park recognized Anderson. The guard told police they knew him from footage of the scooter thefts, reports said.

Anderson was apprehended by officers, who found he was in possession of a scooter that was stolen on Oct. 14. He was arrested by Metro officers and brought in for questioning.

Officials said Anderson “implicated himself” in multiple scooter thefts, and then requested an attorney.

He is being held in Metro jail on an $8,000 bond facing a felony theft charge.