Robber Tips Police to Suspsicious Chemical-Filled Van

A man breaking into a van called the police when he noticed strange materials inside--the Post reports the van was "filled with gas cans and Styrofoam cups containing a mysterious white substance with protruding wires and switches." The van had been parked on Sunset Park, Brooklyn block for a month, and the would-be robber drove the van to a desolate location and then "called a cop he knows from his run-ins with the law." The NYPD anti-terror task force examined the car and a source says cops probably won't charge him with robbery

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Jen Chung in News on July 4, 2008 9:06 AM

Comments [rss]

virgil

do you use RPJ's? IEBVD's?

OttoBloggo

Hmmmmm... hopefully we will hear about just what was that white substance in the cups.

JacqueMehoff

army of onesies.

virgil

Jacquemehoff

remind me again: which well-regulated militia do you belong to?

JacqueMehoff

this is why you keep your piece on you, not in any bag or backpack. yeah, I saw the search tables at the port authority station last week.

and, keep calm, the constitution says you're allowed to have one. (as long as you're not doing anything illegal with it)

virgil

Burglars are a funny class of criminals. They seem to each have their own little ethics code. And a lot of burglars feel that since they're attacking a human, they're a much more respectable class of criminal than a robber. In some ways they have a point, I guess. I'd rather you steal my car than my (or my family's) life.

I had a friend who was sleeping in the back of his truck here in the city (long story). During the night heard some people trying to break in. He didn't know what to do, so he lay still, with his eyes closed. Suddenly one of the robbers said: "Hey, there's a man sleeping in here." The other robber said: "Let's go. Let the man sleep. You don't rob a sleeping man. That's not right."

redhookreject

10,865,345 New Yorkers saw nothing, and yet said something.

And remember your bags are still searchable by the NYPD, in violation of every one of your civil liberties, and yet no one gives a toss.

Guess what they won already. You live in fear.