A hoodlum tried to carjack New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson last week. Sports Illustrated reported:
New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson was the victim of an attempted car theft last weekend in New Orleans, team officials confirmed Friday.
A man barged into Benson's car while she was seated in her vehicle, but abandoned his plan when Benson screamed at him to get out.
Saints and Pelicans senior vice president of communications Greg Bensel said Friday that while Benson was "very shaken at the time, she was unharmed and is doing fine."
"She wanted to send her sincere gratitude to the men and women of the New Orleans Police Department that responded so quickly and professionally," Bensel said in a statement.
Police did not name any suspects in the attempted car theft. According to local police, the incident occurred last Saturday afternoon at around 2:15 p.m. local time. A man emerged from a nearby white Nissan Titan and got into Benson's car.... Article
What else did SI and other media outlets leave out? WWLTV reported:
Investigators are looking into the incident as an attempted auto theft because the car's dark tinted windows likely prevented the would-be carjacker from realizing there was somebody in the vehicle.
A spokesman for the NOPD confirmed that the charge could change, possibly to an attempted carjacking.
In a statement, the NOPD confirmed the incident but did not cite Benson by name as the victim.
The attempted auto theft happened on Oct. 10 in the 6200 block of South Claiborne Avenue around 2:15 p.m., NOPD officials said.
"The victim was seated in the vehicle when a truck, described as a white Nissan Titan, parked directly beside her vehicle," a police spokesman said. "One of the subjects, who is described as a black male with facial hair, exited the Nissan Titan and entered the victim's vehicle."
According to the NOPD, Benson told the man to get out, and the carjacker abandoned his attempt to take her car. Article
20 comments:
This is not news! This is normal New Orleans behavior.
Car jacker was probably scared off due to Mrs. Benson not having on a mask.
Lock and load, missy. Yelling usually does not work.
She is very fortunate. Another reason to avoid New Orleans, where crime is an industry.
Lucky lady.
They left out what type of car she was driving. My guess is a Rolls.
After this Social Justice Warrior is arrested, maybe Drew Brees can tape his name on his helmet! Just a thought.
It sure is easy to trigger the snowflakes on the right these days.
" It sure is easy to trigger the snowflakes on the right these days. "
Nope.
There's no such thing as a right wing snowflake.
Just as there's no such thing as liberal racist.
However, I'm glad Mrs. Benson wan't harmed by the thug.
Ironically, 2:11 and 2:45, the current crime rate in Jackson is an order of magnitude higher than that of New Orleans. I never thought I'd see the day, but crime statistics support it.
Wondering why with the amount of money and fame the family has why is she driving alone without personal security. Now she has every right to believe she can drive herself with out any help the reality is she should never travel alone.
" maybe Drew Brees can tape his name on his helmet! "
LOL !
Poor Drew.
Yeah he's still good, but IMO he should have retired three years ago.
He was already NFL & Saints royalty.
(And damn sure doesn't need the money)
If he continues trying to make it to 45 years old, he will be sadder than Archie Manning ending his career with the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Oilers.
To 3:11
Get with the program - The Mercedes-Benz Superdome! Get it?
She usually drives a beautiful Mercedes. At least, that’s what I’ve witnessed her driving in New Orleans. Guessing she has multiple cars to choose from though. Don’t normally see a lot of Rolls Royces rolling around NOLA.
It's a good thing she owns a Football Team. NOLA homicide clearance rate overall is less than 50%. If you break it down by districts, some are less than 25%.
This was no attempted carjacking. This was a crime of opportunity perpetrated on stupid people who leave cars unlocked with the engine running everyday. It's no different than when the crooks canvas neighborhoods looking for unlooked cars.
I am glad she was not hurt.
to the pro football expert at 5;06............you wanna talk about sad? before you say anything about the abilities of brees or manning, go take a look in the mirror at you own fat self and then waddle down to the all you can eat buffet .
Move the teams NOW
New Orleans is lost...
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