2001 Lexus RX300
Posted on 03/29/2011 12:09:02 PM PDT by raccoonradio
QUINCY (MA)-- Two brothers from Quincy today pleaded not guilty to charges they stole US Representative William R. Keating's aging Lexus from his Quincy home early this morning. Christoper J. Babij, 25, and his 20-year-old brother, Kenneth Babij, were arrested by Quincy police while still inside Keating’s Lexus about 10 minutes after he reported it stolen around 2:45 a.m. today.
The brothers appeared in Quincy District Court where Kenneth Babij was sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for a substance abuse evaluation after a court clinician reported that he is using three grams of heroin daily using hypodermic needles. He also faces drug charges in Wareham District Court.
His older brother, Christopher, was ordered held on $2,500 cash bail.
Keating is a Democrat who moved to Quincy from Sharon when he sought the 10th Congressional District seat. Sharon is not in the district.
In a telephone interview from Washington this afternoon, Keating said he was awakened by the sound of a car’s ignition at about 3 a.m. He said he initially believed the noise came from a neighbor’s home.
But, fueled by curiosity, he said he decided to look outside.
“I just popped the blinds and there was an empty space where the car was before,’’ Keating said. He said the car was a 2001 Lexus RX300 used by his wife. “I grabbed the phone and called 911.’’
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Keating said the alleged thieves did not break a window to get into the vehicle.
“There was no damage because they didn’t have to smash and grab – the door was open,’’ he said.
Once they were inside the vehicle, Keating said, the thieves did not have to hotwire the car, either.
“The keys were accessible, unfortunately,’’ he said. “That’s another lesson learned.’
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Maybe, just maybe, there is more to the story. How many times have you looked out a window when you hear a car start at 3am?
He might have left the door open, and the lights on, at least the interior lights, for all we know. He might have just gotten home from a “constituents” meeting.
BBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good one Raccoon!
We owners of geriatric Volvos fart in the general direction of merely “aging” Lexi.
gonna go up to Mayport Navel station to see if they maybe left the keys in an aircraft carrier or maybe left a nuke sub running.
2001 Lexus RX300
What moron would leave keys in a car? Answer: The morons who get elected by the morons now populating the USA!
It would depend on the location and situation.
We always leave the keys in our car, I don’t think they have ever been out of it. And if you were to offer me $1000 I couldn’t come up with my house keys. It might be 70 miles to a grocery store but I think it is a fair trade.
Update: apparently the car belonged to (or was being used by) his daughter and she had left the keys in the car (acc to Ch 4 Boston...)
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