Posted on 10/18/2006 3:07:00 PM PDT by Main Street
Bloomberg's Car Stolen, Aide Beaten By Thieves
(AP) NEW YORK A personal employee of Mayor Michael Bloomberg was beaten by thieves who then carjacked the billionaire's car Wednesday morning in New Jersey, authorities said.
The employee was driving the 2001 Lexus in Hackensack, N.J., on an errand for the mayor shortly before 9 a.m. when he was approached by a woman who came to the window to ask for money, police said. As he declined and began to roll up the window, a man got into the passenger seat and punched him in the face.
"They force him out and take off," said Hackensack police Capt. Frank Lomia.
The car was found about two hours later, abandoned on the side of the road in Fair Lawn, N.J. Police were looking for the two suspects.
Bloomberg's employee was not seriously injured and his name was not released. He is one of many staffers who take care of Bloomberg's personal business and his homes, including his townhouse in Manhattan and country house in upstate New York.
I hope the thief realizes what kind of fines he's facing if he smokes in it.
Well, at least it wasn't his private jet....
VERY true! Ouch!
Bloomberg, being a New Yorker, probably had the old wreck hijacked so he could collect the insurance!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Bloomberg, being a New Yorker, probably had the old wreck hijacked so he could collect the insurance!
Then he would have sent the staffer to Brooklyn. Keep NYC jobs in NYC!
LOL!
You're probably right. A city that steals together, stays together!
Keep your doors locked!
You're probably right. A city that steals together, stays together!
Are you kidding? A single chop shop in Brooklyn can employ up to six people! Then you have the carjacker himself, as well as the middlemen, insurance adjuster, etc. and a carjacking generates more than a dozen high paying jobs for the city!
It's a quagmire.
Has this idiot lived in the city more than one day? You use door locks and you don't roll the window down far enough for them to put their arm inside to pop the locks if they are already locked. Dumba$$!
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Exactly. Why would you ever drive around with your passenger door unlocked in a city? I'll have to ask a friend of mine - she did it in a downtown area and ended up running drugs for thugs for a couple of hours until they finally released her.
Too bad they didn't steal Bloomberg.
I shouldn't laugh,but I can't help it.
bttt
Do you think perhaps he opened the passenger door to let the woman into the car, and a guy jumped in instead? After all, he would never admit that...Right?
Do you think perhaps he opened the passenger door to let the woman into the car, and a guy jumped in instead? After all, he would never admit that...Right?
What kind of idiot drives to Jersey to pick up hookers when we have the best hookers in the world in NYC?
KEEP NYC JOBS IN NYC!
Dude....ALWAYS lock the doors in NJ/NY. I have driven rentals there many times. Union City, Jersey City, East Orange. Why this guy rolled the window down, nobody knows. Inside job.
OMG, she is lucky to be alive!
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