Secret Service rental stolen ahead of Biden visit to Detroit
Posted by Krissah Thompson on September 3, 2012 at 8:19 am
DETROIT — Vice President Joe Biden will take the stage at a big outdoor Labor Day rally here this afternoon. It is his third visit in the Motor City in recent weeks, but it has not gone off without a hitch.
Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan acknowledged that overnight Saturday a U-Haul the service rented to move equipment was stolen. “There was Secret Service property inside the vehicle at the time of the theft,” Donovan said in an e-mail. The Detroit Police Department is investigating, he said.
Fox-News station WJBK reports the U-Haul contained metal detectors and was recovered Sunday afternoon. Biden arrived in Detroit Sunday evening.
It is not the first time a high profile visitor has had a vehicle stolen in Detroit. The Rev. Jesse Jackson had his Cadillac Escalade stolen when he was in the city for a rally two years ago. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing also had his Yukon Denali stolen that year.
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Should I be surprised that the vehicle the SS were to use in short order was not secured? Especially if it has valuables in it, why treat it the same “as any other car on the lot”?