Posted on 10/18/2005 10:12:04 PM PDT by mom4kittys
10:18 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Mary Foster / Associated Press
The Cadillac dealership that was allegedly cleaned out by police during Hurricane Katrina is still missing over 100 vehicles, and the general manager wants the U.S. attorney to investigate.
"It needs to be handled by the Justice Department," Doug Stead said Tuesday. "... I think right now we've got cops looking for cops."
The state attorney general is investigating allegations New Orleans police made off with nearly 200 cars -- including 41 new Cadillacs -- as the hurricane closed in. The investigation is still under way, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Police have acknowledged some cars were taken. It was not considered looting because the officers patrolled in the cars, Capt. Marlon Defillo said. Police are cooperating with the investigation, he said.
"Our cars were flooded," Defillo said. "If it had been Pintos, nobody would have said anything. It got attention because it was Cadillacs."
"They didn't take the little Chevrolets, though, did they?" Stead responded. "They took the Cadillacs, and there were plenty of Impalas here."
The cars taken from the dealership included 88 new Cadillacs and Chevrolets, 40 used cars, 52 customers' cars and a restored 1970 El Camino and 1966 Impala. Still missing are 50 customers' cars, 40 used cars and 17 new cars, Stead said.
The loss on new cars was estimated at $3.7 million; the used cars were another $900,000.
Two new Corvettes were left in the street, apparently stalled out by the floodwaters and abandoned.
The dealership recovered a parts truck on Monday. A former employee noticed it parked in Houston and called Stead.
"They're still popping up," he said.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APTV 10-18-05 1818CDT
I assume the city has declined to pay for the "taken for patrol" cars, and/or failed to show that they had a valid law under which to do that.
This dealer will probably do well to pack up and leave town if he wins, otherwise it will be harassment and crime call ignore city.
Check Nagin's garage in Dallas.
The car dealer did make a comment to a reporter early on saying something like "I have to live here!" Guess he realized he should take the chance. I wouldn't put anything past the NOPD though.
If any of them still have live electrical systems, and are in cell signal range, it shouldn't be too hard to find them. They're ALL equipped with Onstar.
It should be interesting to see where they all turn up.
Uh huh; and the police will 'investigate' themselves and find what they always find, nothing.
No doubt they were taken 'cause Caddy's have huge trunks and the cops wanted as much of the "free" Wal-Mart loot as possible!
No doubt they were taken 'cause Caddy's have huge trunks and the cops wanted as much of the "free" Wal-Mart loot as possible
LMAO @ your post and your name. That's funny.
I'd start looking Houston. They already found one there, and a lot of NO police cars ended up there too.
No sense "patrolling" in New Olreans, the streets were flooded there...
Exactly, the new acting police chief is already making excuses for them.
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