Posted on 12/16/2006 11:26:03 AM PST by STARWISE
Masked intruders forced their way into the Silver Spring home of a U.S. senator's daughter yesterday morning, startling a nanny who ran outside with the lawmaker's 2-year-old granddaughter and left his youngest grandson behind.
A Montgomery County police SWAT team later found the baby safe in his crib.
Police think the incident was a burglary gone awry because the intruders apparently didn't realize the house was occupied.
The burglars approached the red-brick house on the 2400 block of Hayden Drive in Forest Glen about 9:30 a.m., police said. After hearing suspicious noises outside, the 42-year-old nanny opened the door.
"When they burst in, the nanny grabbed the little girl and left the child in the crib," police spokeswoman Cpl. Sonia Pruitt said.
The 1-year-old baby, Jimmy, is the youngest grandson of Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M.
The nanny ran to a neighbor's house to call police, who initially feared the incident could turn into a hostage situation. Domenici's daughter, Helen, called her father shortly after being notified of the situation. Neither she nor her husband was home during the incident.
"The senator was deeply concerned," said Steve Bell, Domenici's chief of staff.
Police, who would not comment on whether anything was taken from the house, think the burglars fled through the back door before authorities arrived. They remained at large last night.
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Police canvass the Forest Glen neighborhood of Silver Spring yesterday for intruders who forced their way into a home owned by a daughter of Sen. Pete V. Domenici. Police canvass the Forest Glen neighborhood of Silver Spring yesterday for intruders who forced their way into a home owned by a daughter of Sen. Pete V. Domenici
(Anyone know what that fringy cammo garment is?)
Ghillie suit.
Ghilly suit.
Ping!
Gili(sp) suit.
To slow joe
Looks like Swamp Thing to me....
some of these local cops are just a little too impressed with themselves to feel like they need to wear a ghillie suit in the middle of town during a potential standoff.
Tree Man.
Thank you.
Shhh. I'm a shrub, leave me alone.
Somehow I don't think we'll be hearing any wild conspiracy theories about PelosiReidoburton this time around.
Democrats trying to get Domenici to retire?
I think the family should be looking for a new nanny.
They tried disguising themselves as fire plugs, couldn't solve the dog problem.
Silver Spring, Maryland is a heavily urbanized DC inner suburb with about 250,000 residents. Yet this idiot is dressed like he's about to go through the jungles of Vietnam. Police snipers have way too much time on their hands, I guess.
That struck me as super-dumb. I am guessing some security measures will be in place from now on.
If the nanny had been armed, perhaps we would be reading a different story.
Talk about standing out in a crowd!
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