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| Dude, where’s my car? |
| 2003-04-10 |
| Hafta use fifth column, there's no "dork" option: Actor Sean Penn's car was stolen as he lunched at a Downtown Berkeley restaurant yesterday afternoon, police said. The car, a black 1987 Buick Grand National, was taken in broad daylight between 1 and 2:45 p.m. while it was parked on the 2300 block of Shattuck Avenue, said Berkeley police Officer Mary Kusmiss. Not a good day for Sean. First Saddam's statue comes down, and then his bitchin' ride gets stolen. Penn, 42, told police he had a loaded 9 mm Glock handgun inside his car in addition to an unloaded .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver in the trunk. It was legal for Penn to have the guns in his car because he has a state concealed weapons permit, Kusmiss said. God help us, he's ARMED!! Or maybe I should say, WAS armed! An officer remembered seeing the car heading south on Shattuck from Derby Street about 2:35 p.m before Penn reported the theft, Kusmiss said. Penn was eating lunch at Venus restaurant with his assistant when the theft occurred. The actor was "very mellow" in the aftermath of the crime, Kusmiss said. Penn declined to comment about the incident. "I'm not talking. I'm just having a cigarette," Penn told The Daily Californian. Wish he would have shown similar vocal restraint a few months ago after visiting Iraq...... About 70 percent of cars stolen in Berkeley are eventually found. Kusmiss said Penn's car may turn up sooner than others because it is a distinctive model that is "highly visible." Penn, who lives in Marin County, is a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actor. His car has a California license plate of 2GRS995. Anybody with information about this case can contact the Berkeley Police Department at 981-5900. |
| Posted by:Former Russian Major |
| #4 raptor -- Greetings, fellow Zonie! I don't think he was actually on the campus, however. |
| Posted by: Former Russian Major 2003-04-11 12:14:23 |
| #3 Don't know how it works in Cal,but in Az.if you take a weapon on campus(any campus)your butt is going to jail.By the way,what does a cameraman punching peacenik need with a weapon? Can't we settle all our disputes with dialoge? |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-11 10:46:27 |
| #2 I didn't know Berkeley was such a dangerous town, dude. If I ever go, I be packin' heat, man. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-04-10 21:54:03 |
| #1 Now here's a target for one of those "reckless gun law suits" if ever there was one. Loaded gun in car? Another, unloaded, in the trunk. Let's see. If one of those weapons turns up as having been used in a crime, what do we all say about filing that suit against Mr. Penn? All in favor, say "aye." |
| Posted by: Larry 2003-04-10 21:35:49 |