Your DC crooks are weird

dirtylicious · Jul 13, 2007

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WASHINGTON - A grand feast of marinated steaks and jumbo shrimp was winding down, and a group of friends was sitting on the back patio of a Capitol Hill home, sipping red wine. Suddenly, a hooded man slid in through an open gate and put the barrel of a handgun to the head of a 14-year-old guest.

"Give me your money, or I'll start shooting," he demanded, according to D.C. police and witness accounts.

The five other guests, including the girls' parents, froze -- and then one spoke.

"We were just finishing dinner," Cristina "Cha Cha" Rowan, 43, blurted out. "Why don't you have a glass of wine with us?"

The intruder took a sip of their Chateau Malescot St-Exupry and said, "Damn, that's good wine."

The girl's father, Michael Rabdau, 51, who described the harrowing evening in an interview, told the intruder, described as being in his 20s, to take the whole glass. Rowan offered him the bottle. The would-be robber, his hood now down, took another sip and had a bite of Camembert cheese that was on the table.

'Can I get a hug?'
Then he tucked the gun into the pocket of his nylon sweatpants.

"I think I may have come to the wrong house," he said, looking around the patio of the home in the 1300 block of Constitution Avenue NE.

"I'm sorry," he told the group. "Can I get a hug?"

Rowan, who lives in Falls Church and works part time at her children's school, stood up and wrapped her arms around him. Then it was Rabdau's turn. Then his wife's. The other two guests complied.

"That's really good wine," the man said, taking another sip. He had a final request: "Can we have a group hug?"

The five adults surrounded him, arms out.

With that, the man walked out with a crystal wine glass in hand, filled with Chateau Malescot. No one was hurt, and nothing was stolen.

The homeowner, Xavier Cervera, 45, had gone out to walk his dog at the end of the party and missed the incident, which happened about midnight June 16. Police classified the case as strange but true and said they had not located a suspect.

"We believe it is a true robbery," said Cmdr. Diane Groomes, who is in charge of patrols in the Capitol Hill area. But it's one-of-a-kind, she said, adding, "I've never heard of a robber joining a party and then walking out to the sunset."

The hug, she said, was especially unusual. "They should have squeezed him and held onto him for us," she said.

Rabdau said he hasn't been able to figure out what happened.

"I was definitely expecting there would be some kind of casualty," Rabdau said this week. "He was very aggressive at first; then it turned into a love fest. I don't know what it was."

Was it the wine or the cheese?
Rabdau, a federal government worker who lives in Anne Arundel County with his family and lived on Capitol Hill with his wife in the 1980s, said that the episode lasted about 10 minutes but seemed like an hour. He believes the guests were spared because they kept a positive attitude during the exchange.

"There was this degree of disbelief and terror at the same time," Rabdau said. "Then it miraculously just changed. His whole emotional tone turned -- like, we're one big happy family now. I thought: Was it the wine? Was it the cheese?"

After the intruder left, the guests walked inside the house, locked the door and stared at each other. They didn't say a word. Rabdau dialed 911. Police arrived quickly and took a report. They also dusted for fingerprints -- so far, to no avail.

In the alley behind the home, investigators found the intruder's empty crystal wine glass on the ground, unbroken.
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eyes of hazel · Jul 13, 2007

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the badgeman · Jul 13, 2007

At least he was smart enough to not crash a party in VA where packing is legal and the "hug" would've been via a bullet to his skull.

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ghost703 · Jul 13, 2007

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At least he was smart enough to not crash a party in VA where packing is legal and the "hug" would've been via a bullet to his skull.

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the r0yal family · Jul 13, 2007

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beltwayboy · Jul 13, 2007

I dont know who Dirty is...

but the robber was smart in a sense...he drunk out the glass, thats fingerprints right there...if he wouldve had to shoot thats 5 bodies right there. Aint no getting out of jail when you got to serve 5 life sentences, cats aint cats. And I dont know why he didnt just rob someone on the street, thats a breaking and entering charge too.

Dude was dumb, but he wasnt an idiot.
F this sneaker sh__!

willis03 · Jul 14, 2007

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In the alley behind the home, investigators found the intruder's empty crystal wine glass on the ground, unbroken.

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q46tothee · Jul 14, 2007

They got a pic of the man that they were lookin for..

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rstansbury · Jul 14, 2007

^^^^^

Now that is comedy!

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ronaldinho18 · Jul 16, 2007

lol yea thats great. but do you think they coudve made it up?just thinkin

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fantastic4our · Jul 16, 2007

this makes me think of the dave chappelle skit when he at the restaurant and he starts wondering what Arsenio Hall is doing. "He's probably at a cheese and wine tasting." And Arsenio Hall is like "this some good @#%$ cheese. why didn't yall tell me how good this cheese is?"
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nikejigga · Jul 19, 2007

lol at the chapelle episode

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