Posted on 06/01/2023 11:26:38 PM PDT by thecodont
OAKLAND, Calif. - An Alameda County Superior Court judge was robbed at gunpoint while walking to work at a courthouse in Oakland on Thursday.
Judge Kevin Murphy was starting his day when he was robbed by three masked men of his Rolex watch, wallet and other personal items at gunpoint, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday.
Murphy was walking from a parking garage to the René C. Davidson Courthouse building, which sits near Lake Merritt, when he was robbed, a source said.
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I haven’t worn a watch in over a decade or more.
Something’s wrong! The elite (government...) aren’t supposed to suffer like us flyover people!
I hope the watch doesn’t get damaged.
At least the watch would have value, the victim not so much.
Judges do, too, I guess.
I haven’t worn a watch in 30 years, or any jewelry of any kind longer since 1980.
Wonder if the Oakland DA will do a no cash bail if the perps are caught? Then again maybe it’s the Judges family and an insurance scam.
He will demand and receive police escorts in future.
That are NOT like us.
> Parking garage at 13th and Madison, probably Alco Park. Just before 9 a.m.
In the article, the crime is described as happening “in” the parking garage.
IIRC there is only one parking garage there, and it is Alco. I have not been to downtown Oakland since before COVID, but at least in my mind, the ALCO garage is noted as a relativel “safe” place, because it is an enclosed garage with lighting and (at least before COVID) a manned exit. IIRC (I am on travel and can’t check this personally by visiting) there is a section of the garage at the lowest levels which is reserved (eg, for government officials, jury members, etc).
9AM sounds late and relatively daring. Targeted hit?
PS, from looking at google maps, there also seems to be underground parking. I have never noticed that before.
“Rolex watch, wallet and other personal items”
Boy Howdy!
Alameda County Superior Court judge must be a darn good paying gig. I would think a ‘civil servant’ would have to be at the ‘Fauci Level’ to afford a Rolex.
Me thinks this is a classic case of poetic justice.
Isn’t California about to give illegals 300 a week?
Learn Spanish quit your job and get on the tit.
I bought a Rolex Explorer way back when for $125.
Any digital watch keeps time. The Rolex ...no.
Rolex has been a successful “Look at me, I’m special.” scam for a long time.
I give it credit. It took a helluva beating and kept on ticking as my work watch.
Satan’s fr’kn animals that judges keep letting out on the streets????
LOVE IT!!!!
The demand for twenty dollar Timex watches has risen among the judicial class. /sarc
“Welcome to da pahtee, pal!”
Mugged by reality.
Mugged by reality.
The judges here in Bexar County have escorts from their cars to the courtroom and back.
Once upon a time that area was bucolic. People would picnic at Lake Meritt. There would be joggers, strollers. Now it is the usual urban cesspool.
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