crimes and misdemeanors May 29, 2013

Thieves Make Second, Successful Attempt to Steal Queens FBI Agent’s Car

By Margaret Hartmann, senior editor for Intelligencer who has worked at New York since 2012

Front three quarter view of a 2010 Toyota Camry LE

A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen 03 August 2007 inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: izmocars/? izmocars

The FBI agent who got in trouble last summer when he shot a man trying to steal his car from in front of his Ozone Park home probably thought that at the very least, he’d sent a warning to anyone thinking of messing with his Toyota Camry. However, the shooting didn’t deter whoever swiped the car, as well as an M-4 assault rifle and bulletproof vest in the trunk, on Wednesday night.

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