{"id":278698,"date":"2017-01-25T20:35:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T03:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=278698"},"modified":"2017-01-25T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T03:37:43","slug":"man-tries-to-steal-state-lawmakers-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/01\/man-tries-to-steal-state-lawmakers-car\/","title":{"rendered":"State lawmaker learns the hard way not to leave the keys in a car"},"content":{"rendered":"

State Sen. Bill O’Neill, D-Albuquerque, who grew up in a small Ohio college town, said Wednesday<\/span><\/span> he’s still learning the lessons of city life. You could say he’s not a quick study.<\/p>\n

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Bill O’Neill<\/p><\/div>\n

Someone tried early Wednesday<\/span><\/span> to steal a Volvo on loan to O’Neill after he left the key inside the vehicle. He had the loaner because his car had been stolen — again after he left the key inside.<\/p>\n

“My friends just look at me and say, ‘Are you kidding? Again?'” O’Neill said in a telephone interview from the Senate floor.<\/p>\n

A man who attempted to steal the Volvo fled on foot with $1,000 in cash from the car but left behind credit cards, family photos and legislative documents. “I tend to keep everything in my car, unfortunately,” O’Neill said.<\/p>\n

The man tried to steal the Volvo from a gated lot at a “really nice” apartment complex on Santa Fe’s southside where O’Neill’s girlfriend lives, the senator said.<\/p>\n

A neighbor was walking his dog about 2 a.m.<\/span><\/span> when he noticed someone inside the Volvo.<\/p>\n

The neighbor said he approached the Volvo, thinking it was O’Neill inside. The man inside threw the car in reverse and fled on foot with another man. The men then got into a nearby Pontiac Grand Prix parked nearby and left.<\/p>\n

The Volvo was a temporary replacement for O’Neill’s Dodge Charger.<\/p>\n