FBI sued over $750k car

FBI sued over $750k car

FBI sued over $750k car. Gets FBI Sued.The FBI has destroyed a $750,000 Ferrari and they don't want to pay for it.You're probably picturing a heated chase, gunfire and a crash that ends with the Ferrari thief caught and cuffed in the back of an unmarked vehicle.
Eh, no. It's more like an agent and an Assistant U.S. Attorney went for a joyride claiming it was "official business."
Official business or not, the insurance company that owns the totaled vehicle has decided to sue the FBI, and they want all their money back.
The FBI Ferrari saga begins in late 2003, in the great state of Pennsylvania. A Ferrari dealership reported the car stolen and submitted a claim to the insurance company. They paid up and took ownership of the stolen car.
In 2008, the Ferrari was confiscated in Kentucky and moved to a warehouse for holding until the thief was prosecuted, reports The Detroit News. Then came the crash.

The insurance company filed a claim for $750,000 with the department, which the agency repeatedly rejected, notes the paper. It claimed that the crash occurred during official holding, making them immune to suit.
Well, the insurance company being typically pesky, filed a FOIA request asking for documents about the crash. According to the paper, they received one document and one document only:
An e-mail from a U.S. Attorney stating that he took the FBI Ferrari on a "short ride" with a Special Agent who lost control and crashed.
This information is vital to the insurance company now that it has decided to sue the FBI.

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Instead of beeping, complaining, and falling into swamps, this R2-D2 uses its own 55-gallon drum body to smoke the crap out of any meat products you should see fit.

Any true grill-master knows that smoking is absolutely key. It flavors the meat so nice when you cook it low and slow, you know? Trust me, even the cheapest cut of meat will taste straight outta Memphis once it spends twenty hours heating up inside an astromech's body.

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The victim had been hung from a fence post at an apartment complex, Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood was quoted as saying by the Daily Times of Delaware County.

"We're dragging them out in handcuffs," Chitwood said of the suspects as the arrests were happening.

"We want to send home a message that this type of behavior will absolutely not be tolerated," he added. "They hanged this kid from a steel fence. We have the video of them actually hanging this kid from the fence."

The victim did not sustain physical injuries but he did suffer "extreme mental anguish," Chitwood said.

Video of the assault will be released at a press conference at 1 p.m. ET, he added.

The suspects, all 16 or 17 years old, attend the Upper Darby High School.

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