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Dec
17
Congressman Pete Visclosky was robbed outside of a Merrillville grocery store Friday night, reports the Northwest Indiana Times.
Police are looking for a man who robbed U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky on Friday night outside a local supermarket.
“It was terrifying,” the 11-term Democratic congressman from Merrillville said Saturday while describing the strong-arm robbery, which he said probably lasted less than a minute.
H/T to Blue County in a Red State since I was away from the internet, television, and newspapers yesterday and missed the news report.
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The store is not mentioned in the article. Why would that be?
Hi Buzz,
I immediately thought of a place when I read the article. I bet the paper doesn’t want to bring any bad publicity to the establishment.
Hi Buzz,
The Post-Tribune has the “where” component:
I’m not all that familiar with MV aside from Rt. 30. Is that a bad section of town?
Hi Buzz,
The location doesn’t strike me as being a bad area.
It’s close to the Lake County Government Center and right on the Crown Point – Merrillville border.
I suspect it was a crime of opportunity rather than anything else — the bad guys like to go to nice areas because they assume people have more money.