Posted on 05/10/2006 11:44:03 AM PDT by Liberal Classic
He made 13 people disappear into thin air during his Kravis Center show Sunday night, but magician David Copperfield couldn't duplicate the feat with armed teens who robbed him and two women near the venue two hours later.
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The illusionist and assistants Cathy Daly and Mia Volmut were walking near CityPlace toward their tour bus parked at the Kravis when thugs approached them about 11:15 p.m. The group had gone to a steakhouse for dinner after Copperfield's sixth and last show here.
According to the police report, this is what happened next: The Malibu pulled up behind the group, and two of the four young men in the car came out holding handguns. One ordered Daly to "give me what you have." Daly handed over $400 from her pockets. Riley, meanwhile, allegedly stuck a gun in Volmut's face and asked for her purse, and she, too, gave it up. In it were 200 euros, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a Razr cellphone.
When Copperfield's turn came, Riley was bamboozled.
Copperfield told Page Two he pulled out all of his pockets for Riley to see he had nothing, even though he had a cellphone, passport and wallet stuffed in them.
"Call it reverse pickpocketing," Copperfield said.
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Copperfield read the license plate to Daly as she called 911. Daly also described the suspects to the operator as "very urban-like" and cops pulled over the car at 45th Street and Broadway at 11:25 p.m. Copperfield and the women were taken quickly to the location in a squad car, and they identified the handcuffed youths as the robbers. The loot was recovered.
Copperfield said police told him the teens may have been involved in five other armed robberies last week but authorities lacked an accurate description.
(Excerpt) Read more at palmbeachpost.com ...
Well, I dunno anything about his politics, but I do know that "very urban-like" is the dumbest turn of phrase I've heard in a long, long time.
So "very urban-like" = "black"? Seems that's what he meant to me, too. As if white people don't live in cities? What a weird concept. Seems to follow then that "very suburban-like" then must convey "white"... or would it be "country-like"...?
He kept his cool, and gave useful information to the police, perpetrators are now in custody, stolen property returned. Sounds like a happy ending to me.
Man. That is some shirt.
I don't get it. I typed in copperfield and got nothing.
Mods, zot me, please!
LOL! Instant justice.
Bah, I searched by keyword, not title.
You mean, "what would Doug Henning have done?
He's dead Jim.
Daly described them as urban like. It doesn't appear that Copperfield is quoted as saying such.
Usually searching title leads to a more comprehensive search, but there is no guarantee. The search engine on this site still needs improvement.
At any rate, don't worry about it. It was a funny story worth re-posting.
I just did a search and did not see it posted until today. Maybe you read it some place else
Did that guy relieve himself in that bubble of water?
Inquiring minds want to know!
The title and the article are completely different.
Eeeeeeew!
Did that guy relieve himself in that bubble of water?
....I don't know about that, but I heard he durn near sh!t himself towards the end.
I did not see it before.
Lib ...Thank you for posting this.
So much better than many of the vanity posts here every day.
It appears the same story was posted twice before. I'm mortifed. :)
That's a good way to end up in a box being sawed in half.
If it was really David Copperfield, the getaway car would have disappeared behind the robbers.
And a cop car would have appeared in it's place.
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