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Bloomberg's Car Stolen, Aide Beaten By Thieves
wcbstv.com ^ | Oct 18, 2006 | AP

Posted on 10/18/2006 3:07:00 PM PDT by Main Street

Bloomberg's Car Stolen, Aide Beaten By Thieves

(AP) NEW YORK A personal employee of Mayor Michael Bloomberg was beaten by thieves who then carjacked the billionaire's car Wednesday morning in New Jersey, authorities said.

The employee was driving the 2001 Lexus in Hackensack, N.J., on an errand for the mayor shortly before 9 a.m. when he was approached by a woman who came to the window to ask for money, police said. As he declined and began to roll up the window, a man got into the passenger seat and punched him in the face.

"They force him out and take off," said Hackensack police Capt. Frank Lomia.

The car was found about two hours later, abandoned on the side of the road in Fair Lawn, N.J. Police were looking for the two suspects.

Bloomberg's employee was not seriously injured and his name was not released. He is one of many staffers who take care of Bloomberg's personal business and his homes, including his townhouse in Manhattan and country house in upstate New York.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; carjacking; crime; joisey; muggedliberal; newjersey; newyork
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To: durasell

"we have the best hookers in the world in NYC"

OK...I'll take your word on that ... :)


41 posted on 10/18/2006 4:37:03 PM PDT by gb63
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To: Main Street
Okay, where was Lamar this morning?

"Now, that's what I'm talking about... You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don't come into the OB playing that stuff. You're across the ocean over there. You're across the city. You can't come over to our place talking noise like that. You'll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing." -- Lamar Thomas

42 posted on 10/18/2006 4:37:47 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: durasell

Hackensack: Go for jury duty, stay for the car jackings!


43 posted on 10/18/2006 4:39:19 PM PDT by Clemenza (Lets Go Mets!!!)
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To: Main Street

Let us all celebrate the birth of a new conservative! I wonder if Bloomie (D-Momser-N.Y.) will get the message.


44 posted on 10/18/2006 4:43:19 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: bmwcyle
Since when is Hackensack part of NYC?
45 posted on 10/18/2006 4:50:55 PM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: Allegra

if it happened in Baltimore the police would have down graded the crime to say some one borred the car and the driver fell and hurt his head


46 posted on 10/18/2006 4:56:20 PM PDT by mickey blue eyes
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To: CheneyChick

The story doesn't wash...Wonder if the aide was going to meet McGreevey..


47 posted on 10/18/2006 4:57:50 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: Main Street

But they got the Sullivan Act to protect them!


48 posted on 10/18/2006 4:58:48 PM PDT by Redbob
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To: Main Street
It's good to keep your doors locked.
49 posted on 10/18/2006 5:00:31 PM PDT by varyouga (I no longer fear death. I only fear the day when the DUmmies take over.)
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To: bmwcyle

It happened in Hackensack not NYC


50 posted on 10/18/2006 5:00:40 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: Xenalyte
"And who's dumb enough to drive around with the passenger door unlocked?"

...slowly raises hand...

In the sleeepy little drinking village (with a fishing problem) in which I live, we can get away with it all the time. Good thing for me, huh?

51 posted on 10/18/2006 5:13:16 PM PDT by BlueDragon (i'm trying to think , but nothing's happening!)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Good to see that New Jersey has adopted multisyllabic speech as its official language.

You got a problem with that? (grin)

52 posted on 10/18/2006 5:47:43 PM PDT by World'sGoneInsane (LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET--Don't cut and run...)
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To: gb63

Maybe he thought she was a hooker.

You know that Lexus had electric door locks.


53 posted on 10/18/2006 5:49:44 PM PDT by X-FID (Hey Tammy, what's a Duck-worth in Hyde country?)
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To: BlueDragon

Where you are, I'm sure it's okay. (I say that under the assumption you don't live wherever Bloomberg's Lexus got jacked.)


54 posted on 10/18/2006 6:02:09 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Viva EspaƱa!)
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To: Gabz; RedRover
Just for grins ping!

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55 posted on 10/18/2006 6:13:39 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: durasell; Enterprise
Are you kidding? A single chop shop in Brooklyn can employ up to six people! Then you have the carjacker himself, as well as the middlemen, insurance adjuster, etc. and a carjacking generates more than a dozen high paying jobs for the city!

I never looked at it that way, but your right, crime does keep a lot of non-criminals employed.....
56 posted on 10/18/2006 6:17:10 PM PDT by MelonFarmerJ (Proudly voting Republican/conservative in every election since 1964)
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To: Main Street

Sheer, exquisite, SCHADENFREUDE!

The arch gun grabber staffer has been mugged and car jacked.

Betcha he is now a conservative. ;-)


57 posted on 10/18/2006 6:18:56 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principles, - -)
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To: ZULU

"Too bad they didn't steal Bloomberg."

The reason it hasn't happened is that no fence would buy one of those things. Ransom, perhaps. But that assumes somebody wants him enough to part with actual money.

Oops! My mistake. They could use taxpayer money. Better brace for a rash of kidnappings. Or car jackings. Or just plain muggings. Life is H*ll in the BIG Sh*ty.


58 posted on 10/18/2006 6:23:41 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principles, - -)
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To: Main Street

This is kinda reminds me of a movie years ago with Walter Mathau and his partners rob a bank. A big stash of loot which makes his partners happy. But Walter realizes that the bank was a syndicate money laundering spot and they are in big trouble.
Stealing Hizoner's car has to be a bone headed move by some car jacker. Be curious to see how long before they are caught cause I can guess the mayor will push the Jersey police to catch these dudes!


59 posted on 10/18/2006 6:25:25 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: goldstategop
Yeah, one of Bloomberg's gun-free Utopias.

ummm right....
60 posted on 10/18/2006 6:27:14 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (FEAR THE SWEATERVEST!!!)
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