WCP | ANC Kendall Simmons Accused of Hit-and-Run With Stolen Kawasaki Ninja Motorcycle

October 12, 2019 The Advoc8te

Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commissioner Kendall Simmons is facing felony charges for hitting a woman's car while riding a stolen Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle and then leaving the scene of the crash, according to court records. A video of the incident shows Simmons hopping on another motorcycle and riding away, leaving the busted bike in the middle of the street. Simmons then returned to the scene hours later, according to one witness' statement to police, to inquire what all the fuss was about. The witness, who is not identified in court records, told police that Simmons claimed he wasn't involved in a vehicle collision. But when that same witness was pulling up photos of the incident on their phone to show Simmons, they say Simmons got into a car and left. "Minutes later I received a call from Kendall Simmons asking me to text him the photos," the witness told police. "I sent him the photos. After he received them, I asked if the photos were him. He said 'no.'" A motorcycle matching the description of the stolen bike that Simmons allegedly crashed was seen on surveillance footage leaving the alley behind a house belonging to Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White on the 1100 block of Wahler Place SE, according to court records.

MITCH RYALS, WASHINGTON CITY PAPER