Assemblyman Andrew Goodell's unlocked automotive was stolen from the state Capitol storage and wrecked simply blocks away.
Zach Williams
Not even legislative leaders in Albany’s Capitol are immune from the ongoing crime wave — as an upstate Republican chief who misplaced his BMW at work can attest.
Assemblyman Andrew Goodell (R-Chautauqua) informed The Put up that a automotive thief apparently stole a uniform of the state Workplace of Normal Providers, which oversees amenities on the Capitol, earlier than stealing his trip after which crashing it blocks away.
Longtime Albany insiders say they've by no means seen something just like the incident involving Goodell’s 2009 BMW 330xi.
“It is a first. However it illustrates the instances we’re residing in. Crime has been uncontrolled for years and never almost sufficient has been completed to deal with it. Streets aren’t protected. Neighborhoods aren’t protected. And apparently the Legislature’s parking facility isn’t protected both,” stated Meeting Minority Chief William Barclay (R-Pulaski).
After all, the legislators might want make it rather less straightforward to steal their issues than Goodell, a Western New York native, did. He admitted to The Put up that his small city habits have been partly liable for the heist contemplating that he left the important thing in his car so a staffer may entry it.
“‘You’re an fool and I informed you so,’” Goodell quoted his spouse as saying.
The longtime GOP ground chief bummed a trip to his Albany condominium from Assemblyman Joseph Giglio (R-Gowanda) earlier than strolling to work on the Capitol the next day.
“I informed him it was like a foul B film,” Giglio informed the Put up of how he consoled Goodell.
The saga took one other flip the following day, when state police discovered the lacking car within the wee hours of the morning following a collision on the intersection of Madison Avenue and Lark Avenue just a few blocks from the Capitol.
A seek for the suspect stays ongoing, in line with state police, although Goodell did get his Capitol ID again after it was discovered close to the crash web site.
Goodell opined that whoever jacked the Beamer – which he stated is now on the market “at a deep low cost” – evidently had enjoyable cruising the capital earlier than wrecking the car reportedly full of instruments stolen from the Capitol storage.
“The sunroof was open and the home windows have been down up on Lark – so simply having an excellent time,” stated Goodell, who will use an Meeting-provided Chevy Impala to drive dwelling this week.
If caught and convicted, the suspect may face severe time within the slammer.
Auto theft is a non-bail eligible felony in New York if the car is price greater than $100, punishable by as much as 4 years in jail, authorized consultants say.
A suspect within the case with excellent costs or prior conviction, nonetheless, might be held on bail beneath new guidelines accepted by Albany Democrats this 12 months, in line with consultants.
“I’m fairly certain they’ll catch him, however the irony is that they’ll be again out on the road in much less time it took me to stroll from my condominium to my workplace after he stole my automotive,” Goodell predicted.
Ample safety and worry of incarceration apparently weren't sufficient although to spare Goodell amid an ongoing enhance of vehicular thefts in New York Metropolis and past.
“They do have cameras, they do have safety so it was slightly bit stunning that any individual could be that daring to come back right into a parking space like that and take the car,” Giglio stated of the incident.
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