Ann Arbor police seized a car Monday that was being used by two people in the city's south side as part of a scam to solicit money, police said.
The black Honda was towed from a parking lot outside Whole Foods on Eisenhower Parkway at about 2:25 p.m., an Ann Arbor police report said.
A 46-year-old man was walking up to female drivers and asking for money to fix the car, which had its hood up, police said. A 38-year-old woman was with him. Both are from Ypsilanti Township.
Neither owned the car or had valid driver's licenses, a police report said. They told police a friend drove it to the lot, but they had no contact information for the registered owner.
The car was registered to a woman who has several outstanding warrants; she is not yet in custody, police said.
The man and woman have been cited in the past two weeks for soliciting as part of the same scam, police said. They were not ticketed Monday.
Police encouraged people to call 911 or walk into a building or crowded area if they feel threatened by an aggressive beggar.
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