Cellphone Robberies MO

Saw this via forwarded emails.... Be extra careful when driving along the South Expressway Service Road. Here's that story from "Claire."

> Guys,
>
> I failed to share you this experience that happened to me
> last Sept. 24.
>
> I'm sending this to you to let you know about that
> incident which happened to me Tuesday night around 6:30pm.
> I was in a car with Angelo (my boyfriend) and his cousin
> Peter. I was sitting at the front passenger seat. The three of us
> were engaged in conversation while stuck in southbound traffic at the
> west service road somewhere between Merville Subdivision and Bicutan.
>
> I was surprised to have a man wearing a black shirt and
> cap knocking loudly outside my window. At first i didn't understand what he
> was saying, but then he was trying to open the car door and banging at
> the window demanding for our cellphones. I just thank God so much I have
> the habit of locking the door everytime I ride a car.
>
> Anyway, I looked around us to figure out what else was happening,
and I
saw
> two more men step down from the jeepney in front of our car and one
of
them
> drew a gun and pointed it at Angelo when he maneuvered the car to
move
away.
>
> When I saw the gun and pointed at Angelo, I got so scared
> I covered my eyes and screamed. I felt the car move and a shot
went
off.
> I felt glass spraying on the side of my face, hands, all over!!
> The car was moving and we were able to get away from the bad guys.
> Apparently, Angelo drove on, through counterflow. He had no choice.
>
> So I was crying like hell. Angelo and Peter were asking me if I
was
hit.
> I
> didn't know, so I opened my eyes and checked myself. The bullet
hole
on
the
> window was right beside my nose! Had I not reclined my seat a
little, I
> would've been hit on the face. The bullet was lodged on the
driver's
side
> window edge.
>
> We went to the police to report this incident. They said we were
the
fifth
> victim of a series with this group of bad men. The driver of the
jeepney
in
> front of us during that
> incident was at the station too and was reporting the robbery
those
men
did
> to him and his
> passengers. He said the armed man even hit one of the woman
passengers
with
> the butt of the gun.
>
> I heard one of the bad guys is in jail now... The rest are roaming
free...
> Their modus operandi is robbing people in their own vehicles while
caught
in
> traffic and there's nowhere to go.
>
> So there folks... What happened to me that Tuesday night.
>
> Why email this? To tell you to be careful passing the south
expressway
> service road.
>
> Lock your cars. Avoid using your cellphones where it's visible from
> outside the car. If you can see the heavy traffic ahead, turn
around
and
> just take the expressway. Don't worry if you need to pay the toll
> fee, it's worth your safety.
>
> Anyway, I'm just glad, thanking God so much that I'm
> getting the chance to email this to you guys. :o)
>
> Claire

[ First posted on 11/07/2002 by Manuel Viloria ]