A man living in Coralville said he's lost his independence after a recent theft.

Randy Moyer said someone stole his mobility scooter.

“Bad luck seems to follow me,” Randy Moyer said.

Moyer has been using a wheelchair for about seven years. He lost almost all the mobility in his legs, and it’s painful.

"Both my hips are full of arthritis. It's bone on bone basically,” Moyer said.

The 61-year-old Air Force veteran wants to be self-sufficient. So he relied on a mobility scooter for his main method of transportation.

Earlier this month, Moyer was temporarily staying with friends in Cedar Rapids when he ended up in the hospital for a few days. During that time, he said someone stole the scooter from the neighborhood. The family quickly filed a police report.

"Of all the things to steal, why a mobility scooter? Like it's obvious when someone takes something like that it belongs to someone who needs it,” Nicole Simonds, Moyer’s daughter, said.

Simonds tries to visit her dad at least once a week. She helps out with errands and chores around the home. She doesn’t like seeing her dad with any limitations.

"When I have an appointment I call the veterans' transportation service,” Moyer said. “They come pick me up in wheelchair accessible van."

The two hope the scooter is soon returned. They add, there won't be any questions asked.

The cost of a motorized scooter is roughly $3,000. Cedar Rapids Police said officers entered its information into the National Crime Information Center Database, in case it is located somewhere else.