Posted on 04/26/2006 12:29:37 PM PDT by freepatriot32
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - David Copperfield has magically escaped getting robbed.
The 49-year-old illusionist was walking with two female assistants to their tour bus after his show Sunday at a performing arts center when four teens pulled up in a black car, a police report said.
Two armed robbers allegedly got out of the car and demanded the group's belongings. One woman handed over $400 from her pockets and the other gave up her purse with 200 euros, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a cell phone. Copperfield refused to empty his pockets, the report said.
Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cell phone.
"Call it reverse pickpocketing," Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for Wednesday's editions.
Copperfield read the license plate number of the car to an assistant while she called 911, the report said.
Four teenagers were arrested and charged with armed robbery. They were held without bond, police said. The women's property was recovered.
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On the Net:
http://www.dcopperfield.com/
> Jack Bauer could strangle you with a cordless phone.
ROTFLMAO Great line!. May I borrow it?. Please?.
There's plenty more where that came from.
There's a website with the top 100 Jack Bauer facts (warning, some facts contain "language")
http://www.notrly.com/jackbauer/index.php?topthirty
LOL! What a great story. Good for him!
I went to the first stop light and turned green.
More like "urbane-like."
-PJ
Very cute trick. :)
"Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them..."
Oh, big deal. He's pulled that one on the IRS for two decades now and they still fall for it every time, LOL! ;)
I needed a good laugh.
Well Copperfield is or was married to Claudia Schiffer. He must have something going on.
lol
HEY ROCKY! < /bullwinkle>
Strange. $400.00 carried by one person is not uncommon. Maybe where you come from ...
I (heart) Jack Bauer.
Yes, because "where I come from" people carrying hundreds in cash are generally up to something. For example....
[Marion]Barry, 69, was held up in his kitchen about 9:30 p.m. Monday by two assailants who minutes earlier had helped him carry groceries from his car to his third-floor apartment in Southeast Washington. They pointed a gun at Barry's face and stole his wallet, which contained more than $200, his driver's license and two credit cards, police said.
It couldn't be proven, but many suspected Barry was robbed in the course of making a drug purchase. Given his recent positive tests, it's not out of the question. It has nothing to do with Copperfield, but provides an example of my skepticism.
Personally, I never carry more than $60 on me if I can help it. ATMs and debit transactions are readily available, even in convenience stores.
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