What started as a simple stolen vehicle report outside SoFi Stadium has turned into one of Inglewood’s most unusual open cases: a missing hawk. Police say they have identified a suspect in the theft of a motorized cart taken from the stadium last September while it was carrying two trained Harris’s hawks. One of the birds is back home. The other is still missing, roughly six months later. Investigators say they still have not determined whether the person who took the cart realized the birds were inside, and no charges had been filed as of Wednesday afternoon.
Police identify suspect, video shows hawks freed
Inglewood Police Capt. Neal Cichren told NBC Los Angeles that detectives know who took the cart but have not been able to establish whether the suspect understood there were hawks in the back. When the UTV was later recovered, video from the area showed neighborhood residents opening the crate containing the birds and the hawks flying away, according to police.
Cart taken during the Rams game, one hawk recovered
The maroon, two-seat Kawasaki Mule UTV was stolen from the lake area outside SoFi Stadium during a Rams game on Sept. 28, 2025. The hawks, Harris’s hawks named Alice and Bubba, were inside green containers strapped into the vehicle’s bed, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. Bubba was later found near Seventh Street in Hacienda Heights after a homeowner spotted the bird in her backyard, while the UTV itself turned up abandoned in a South L.A. neighborhood.
Falconer, the birds, and the aftermath
Falconer Charles Cogger brings Harris’s hawks to SoFi Stadium to help scare off nuisance birds during events, a living pest-control system that suddenly became the center of a theft investigation. He has described the incident as devastating and has urged the public to keep an eye out for Alice. Local outlets reported that the hawks wear identifying leg bands and that two dead quails recovered from the abandoned UTV were fed for the birds, not the hawks, as noted by ABC7 Los Angeles. We previously covered the initial theft and Bubba’s recovery in October: Stolen Harris Hawk Found.
Investigation status
Inglewood police told NBC Los Angeles that no charges had been filed as of Wednesday afternoon and that detectives are still following tips and reviewing video evidence. The department is asking anyone with information to contact the IPD Watch Commander at (310) 412-5206. Investigators say the video footage, including images of neighbors opening the crate, has made it harder to determine whether the person who drove off with the UTV also deliberately released the hawks.
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