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Rep. Cuellar’s Car Was Stolen After He Was Held at Gunpoint

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Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, was held up at gunpoint and his car was stolen in Washington on Monday night, in accordance with his workplace. He was not harmed and police later recovered the car.

Mr. Cuellar was parking on Monday at 9:30 p.m. within the Navy Yard neighborhood, a couple of mile from Capitol Hill, when three armed folks approached him and stole his car, stated Jacob Hochberg, the congressman’s chief of workers. The Metropolitan Police Division and Capitol Police are investigating the crime, he stated.

Mr. Cuellar’s iPad and iPhone have been additionally stolen, Mr. Hochberg stated. He didn’t say whether or not the units had been recovered. The Navy Yard is an space south of the Capitol that’s residence to the stadium utilized by the Washington Nationals baseball workforce. It has been the positioning of a development increase over the previous decade, revitalizing the world close to the Anacostia River.

Mr. Cuellar represents a portion of South Texas alongside the border with Mexico from Laredo to Rio Grande Metropolis that extends north to San Antonio.