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Weird story
The Washington Post
Updated: 2:47 a.m. MT July 13, 2007 WASHINGTON - A grand feast of marinated steaks and jumbo shrimp was winding down, and a group of friends was sitting on the back patio of a Capitol Hill home, sipping red wine. Suddenly, a hooded man slid in through an open gate and put the barrel of a handgun to the head of a 14-year-old guest. "Give me your money, or I'll start shooting," he demanded, according to D.C. police and witness accounts. The five other guests, including the girls' parents, froze -- and then one spoke. "We were just finishing dinner," Cristina "Cha Cha" Rowan, 43, blurted out. "Why don't you have a glass of wine with us?" The intruder took a sip of their Chateau Malescot St-Exup?ry and said, "Damn, that's good wine." The girl's father, Michael Rabdau, 51, who described the harrowing evening in an interview, told the intruder, described as being in his 20s, to take the whole glass. Rowan offered him the bottle. The would-be robber, his hood now down, took another sip and had a bite of Camembert cheese that was on the table. 'Can I get a hug?' Then he tucked the gun into the pocket of his nylon sweatpants. "I think I may have come to the wrong house," he said, looking around the patio of the home in the 1300 block of Constitution Avenue NE. "I'm sorry," he told the group. "Can I get a hug?" Rowan, who lives in Falls Church and works part time at her children's school, stood up and wrapped her arms around him. Then it was Rabdau's turn. Then his wife's. The other two guests complied. "That's really good wine," the man said, taking another sip. He had a final request: "Can we have a group hug?" The five adults surrounded him, arms out. With that, the man walked out with a crystal wine glass in hand, filled with Chateau Malescot. No one was hurt, and nothing was stolen. The homeowner, Xavier Cervera, 45, had gone out to walk his dog at the end of the party and missed the incident, which happened about midnight June 16. Police classified the case as strange but true and said they had not located a suspect. "We believe it is a true robbery," said Cmdr. Diane Groomes, who is in charge of patrols in the Capitol Hill area. But it's one-of-a-kind, she said, adding, "I've never heard of a robber joining a party and then walking out to the sunset." The hug, she said, was especially unusual. "They should have squeezed him and held onto him for us," she said. Rabdau said he hasn't been able to figure out what happened. "I was definitely expecting there would be some kind of casualty," Rabdau said this week. "He was very aggressive at first; then it turned into a love fest. I don't know what it was." Was it the wine or the cheese? Rabdau, a federal government worker who lives in Anne Arundel County with his family and lived on Capitol Hill with his wife in the 1980s, said that the episode lasted about 10 minutes but seemed like an hour. He believes the guests were spared because they kept a positive attitude during the exchange. "There was this degree of disbelief and terror at the same time," Rabdau said. "Then it miraculously just changed. His whole emotional tone turned -- like, we're one big happy family now. I thought: Was it the wine? Was it the cheese?" After the intruder left, the guests walked inside the house, locked the door and stared at each other. They didn't say a word. Rabdau dialed 911. Police arrived quickly and took a report. They also dusted for fingerprints -- so far, to no avail. In the alley behind the home, investigators found the intruder's empty crystal wine glass on the ground, unbroken. More from MSNBC.com |
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Must have been some GOOD wine!!!! :o
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feelin the feaking luv...?...!...
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Wouldn't it be nice if all endings were as happy as this one?:grouphug:
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brings a tear to the eye it does....:crying:
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I have a job that involves using the computer frequently.:D |
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Do you have a job after the selling hummers gig? btw that sounds like it would have been fun. |
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My staff has informed me this was a party for hairdressers celebrating another $1200 haircut for Senator John Edwards and an Australian Dingo pube-cutting for Senator Rodham-Clinton.
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:jump: :jump: :jump: :jump: :jump: I almost choked.:clapping: |
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My bad:o |
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speaking of whines.... |
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Pansies. They should have group hugged and beat the living crap out of that guy until the police got there.
Must have been lieberals. |
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So that's all I have to do to get a hug? :crying: Hmm, I already have the gun and hooded sweatshirt... I really was making the plan much more complicated than it needed to be.
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Hahaha! :D
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Where can we email our recommendations for you?:jump: |
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Good luck on your next deal! To answer your question, yes, especially when we are in a crisis mode:fdance: |
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Thank God! :giggling: Im feeling the love in the world!!! |
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