Montrose-area woman says motorcycle smeared with feces

Two Montrose-area women say they won't let a hateful act scare them away. Someone smeared animal feces and urine on the motorcycle belonging to one of them. Two Montrose-area women say they won't let a hateful act scare them away. Someone smeared animal feces and urine on the motorcycle belonging to one of them. Photo: Courtesy Photo Photo: Courtesy Photo Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Montrose-area woman says motorcycle smeared with feces 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A Montrose-area woman whose motorcycle was smeared with animal feces and urine while she and her partner were out to dinner said she considers it an act of ignorance.

The perpetrator had also painted an obscenity on the garage floor, along with the message, "Move ur dike bike now," signed with the letter "G."

"I guess I'm disappointed," said the bike owner, C. Stewart, who asked that her first name not be used.

"This area is very eclectic, very artsy," she said. "A lot of people live in this area just because of the diversity."

The vandalism happened while the two women were gone between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.

They had gone by car and when they returned to their apartment's parking garage, they saw the damage to the motorcycle cover.

"We walked up on it right after it had happened," Stewart said. "You couldn't miss it. Everything was very fresh."

Judging by reports of passersby, the incident probably happened between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Stewart said.

She immediately called the Houston Police Department, which is continuing to investigate the incident.

Later that evening, the women put a sign on the motorcycle cover saying they are not moving the bike.

Stewart said she would probably have to replace the cover since her efforts to clean it have been ineffective.

The response from neighbors has been affirming, she said.

"Everybody is in total disgust at the immaturity," she said. "How and why would somebody do such a thing? Who has the time to do something like that? It's all been very positive on our side."

Whether the vandalism is prosecuted as a hate crime depends upon what the investigation yields and whether the Harris County District Attorney's Office accepts the hate crime charge, said HPD spokeswoman Jodi Silva.

Stewart, alluding to a phrase from early 20th Century activist Emma Goldman, said, "I'm a firm believer that the most violent element in society is ignorance. This is just 100 percent ignorance."

She also noted the misspelling of "dyke" and the text-like spelling of "ur" for "your."

"If you're going to throw slander out there, you should learn to spell things correctly," she said.

Anyone who has information about the crime is asked to call HPD's Central Patrol at 713-247-4400 or Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).