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Posted on 10/07/2003 12:14:41 PM PDT by bd476
McLEAN, Va. - The wife of Sen. Judd Gregg (news, bio, voting record), R-N.H., was abducted at knife point from her home on Tuesday morning, but later released unharmed, said suburban Virginia police and spokesmen for the senator.
Police said that 52-year-old Kathleen Gregg arrived at her house about 9:30 a.m. EDT to find two men waiting inside. One drew a knife and demanded cash, said Jacqi Smith, a spokeswoman for the Fairfax County Police Department.
One of the men then drove her to a nearby bank while the other followed in another car, Smith said, reporting that after the men received an undisclosed amount of cash from a teller, they fled the scene in a car and the woman called police.
Sgt. Jeff Gossett of the Fairfax County Police Department said there was "no indication at this time they knew who she was."
Gossett said the senator's wife was "here at the bank, being interviewed by detectives."
"Yes, she's fine," said Mrs. Gregg's mother-in-law, Catherine Gregg, in Nashua, N.H. "It took a lot of courage, a lot of courage for what she went through."
Gossett said the tellers were not aware of any problem as Mrs. Gregg asked to withdraw money from her bank account. Gosset said police have no reason to believe she was targeted because she is the senator's wife. He said he did not know where the senator was at the time.
Gossett said it was similar to a robbery that happened in the county last week, but police have not confirmed whether the two incidents were connected. It's "very bold, it's very brazen," he said.
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