Talking Football Pt. 2 – Illegal Use of Hands

J. Scott Ridgell

9 years ago

My friend Floyd Warren had this horror story on his FB yesterday:

We lost more than the Dallas game last night. Betsy’s HONDA CRV was stolen from the Orange parking lot at FEDEX FIELD. We searched the parking lot for almost 2 …hours thinking it HAD to be there near pole A44. After some great Redskins staff also searched the lots and finally the PG Co Police, they were convinced the car was stolen. I asked the officer, “with Lamborghini’s, Benz’, Jags, etc, why would they take a CRV? ” He said “they obviously had a chop shop order for a burgundy CRV and they knew you would be in the game at least 4 hours. It is probably already being sold for parts.” When I called USAA to report it they said there had been at least 3 cars stolen at the games so far, 1 per week. Let us warn you: stop keeping check books, purses, or any private info “locked” in your car. They have no problem getting in and we have spent the day cancelling checking accounts, rerouting bills, notifying payment centers, etc. Losing your car is really bad, but when you think about how much of your identity is in your car, it really gets bad!

When I worked on Base, the building that I managed had an adjacent 3 story parking garage. Once a month or so, a very distressed person would contact me to inform me that someone had stolen their car and that I needed to call Base Security to report it.

I would walk out to the garage with them and have them show me where they thought they had parked their car. I would then walk them up or down to the next level and presto, their car would be found. Never once was a vehicle stolen. (Remember now, this was on a Navy Base.)

Back to Floyd and Fed Ex, as the insurance company noted to him, his was not the first vehicle ever stolen from the stadium parking lots. Here is a story from 2004 describing a similar car theft (click here.) For other info on how car thieves scope out where and what vehicles to steal (click here.)

Lots of songs and videos about stealing a car, but this one from Sting is notable because of the sexy redhead who helps him play out his fantasy:

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