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NJ Senator Lesniak Says He Was Robbed At Home
CBS3 ^ | 19 april 2009 | Unknown

Posted on 04/19/2009 3:16:39 PM PDT by AreaMan

NJ Senator Lesniak Says He Was Robbed At Home

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) ―

Sen. Raymond Lesniak says he was robbed early Saturday by two young men who broke into his Elizabeth home while he was sleeping.

Lesniak tells The Star-Ledger of Newark that he was woken up by noise and saw two men standing just feet from his bed.

The Union County Democrat tells the newspaper that the men seemed surprised to find anyone at home, and one suggested they shoot him, though Lesniak did not see a gun.

The 62-year-old Lesniak says the men took cash, a cellular phone and the keys to his Lexus hybrid, which they left untouched in his garage.

Police are calling the home invasion "highly unusual" for the normally tranquil are near Kean University. They say the men, who are still at large, broke in through a basement window.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: crime; lesniak; newjersey; robbery; taxes
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Hey Senator, now you know what the taxpayers of New Jersey feel like. How's it feel f**ker?
1 posted on 04/19/2009 3:16:39 PM PDT by AreaMan
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To: AreaMan

We’re robbed at home every day by our local, state and federal muggers!


2 posted on 04/19/2009 3:21:23 PM PDT by IbJensen ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money."Thatcher)
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To: AreaMan

“Says” he was robbed. Sounds suspicious.


3 posted on 04/19/2009 3:23:17 PM PDT by bgill (The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
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Hey Senator, now you know what the taxpayers of New Jersey feel like. How's it feel f**ker?

Based on the fact that the state senator's party ID is not mentioned, he's most likely a DemocRAT. Too bad NJ doesn't have reasonable castle doctrine laws like Texas. There could have been a happy ending to this story.

4 posted on 04/19/2009 3:24:24 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Yes, he was identified as a Democrat in the third sentence.


5 posted on 04/19/2009 3:27:04 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: AreaMan

beat me to it./

It could be seen as a proxy voter’s revenge.
Like when a carpenter charges you a grand to put up
basic bookcase shelves.


6 posted on 04/19/2009 3:27:04 PM PDT by supremedoctrine ("No symbols where none intended"--Beckett)
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To: AreaMan

Would your standard Ranch Style house be considered an Elizabeethan home if it is in Elizabeth New Jersey?


7 posted on 04/19/2009 3:27:25 PM PDT by Sawdring
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Same thing I was thinking. Wonder why he needed this fake break-in?
LE check for finger prints?
8 posted on 04/19/2009 3:28:07 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: AreaMan

He is probably one of the few who could have been armed if he chose to do so. I guess he chose poorly.


9 posted on 04/19/2009 3:28:14 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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Yes, he was identified as a Democrat in the third sentence.

Which was in the third paragraph. But a Republican would be identified as such in the first sentence.

10 posted on 04/19/2009 3:32:15 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: AreaMan

He was “woken up”? — I think that’s bad grammar. Shouldn’t it be “he was awakened”


11 posted on 04/19/2009 3:33:56 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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“...and the keys to his Lexus hybrid, which they left untouched in his garage.”

I had to chuckle at that. I can just see the bad guys heading to the garage for their getaway car and going “Oh man! What the heck....?”


12 posted on 04/19/2009 3:38:53 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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men took cash, a cellular phone and the keys to his Lexus hybrid, which they left untouched in his garage.

Even the run of the mill crook knows what a POS a hybrid is. But I'll bet they got all the incriminating papers that he had gathered up to hide his malfeasance

13 posted on 04/19/2009 3:39:13 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: AreaMan

I bet we have a new convert to anti-gun control!


14 posted on 04/19/2009 3:40:21 PM PDT by Mr. K (physically unable to proofreed (<---oops))
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Girly man Sen Raymond Lesniak writes: “I support strong gun control laws ...”

I wonder what this douche bag will say now that he has been mugged with criminals with guns and he was defenseless.


15 posted on 04/19/2009 3:42:02 PM PDT by WaterBoard (Somewhere a Village is Missing it's Socialist.)
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Hey senator gun grabber... if only you had been armed!

LLS


16 posted on 04/19/2009 3:50:10 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Yes, I agree. Many is the time I had to read a whole stinking article just to find out the culprit was a Democrat! Republican rascals are always identified as pubbies in the first sentence.


17 posted on 04/19/2009 3:57:44 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: WashingtonSource
Police are calling the home invasion "highly unusual" for the normally tranquil are near Kean University.

What's a "tranquil are"?

FMCDH(BITS)

18 posted on 04/19/2009 3:58:21 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: AreaMan

What I was able to find in a short hunt is that he may be more reasonable than the average democrat, so don’t jump the guy too hard yet.


19 posted on 04/19/2009 4:14:22 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: fella

“He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.” Pv.28:19’)”

Great tagline.


20 posted on 04/19/2009 4:19:27 PM PDT by Marie2 (No, we're NOT "all socialists now.")
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