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‘Irreplaceable Family Heirlooms’: GOP Rep. Issa’s Home Robbed of $100K in Jewelry

Dec. 7, 2012 11:25am Erica Ritz

Rep. Darrell Issas California Home Robbed of $100K in Jewelry, Heirlooms

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 30: (L-R) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) talk to reporters after the House passed the STEM Jobs Act November 30, 2012 in Washington, DC. Credit: Getty Images

(TheBlaze/AP) — San Diego County authorities say roughly $100,000 worth of jewelry has been stolen in a burglary at the home of California U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.

U-T San Diego says more than 50 items, including watches, rings, earrings and bracelets, were taken from the Vista home on Nov. 29 sometime between 6:40 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.

Issa spokesman Frederick Hill said the pieces cannot be replaced.

“The items that were taken were irreplaceable family heirlooms that were inherited by the Issa family,” he told the newspaper. “As there is a current investigation, further questions should be directed to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.”

No arrests have been made, but police say they are tracking down a number of leads.

The Republican who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is one of the wealthiest members of Congress with an estimated net worth of around $215 million as of last summer, according to Politico. He made his fortune with a company that produces car alarms and other auto security products.

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COFemale
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:21pm
Catch the perp and let Issa have 1/2 hour with the guy or girl.

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- Platonician
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 12:31pm
  This sounds like intimidation tactics by the Chicago boys. I think they are trying to send him a message about Fast and Furious.
  
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txgrrl
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:21pm
And he didn’t have a security system? Strange.

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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:49pm
Auto Security Millionaire’s home robbed. Not ADT, no security cameras, no doberman pinchers?

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Teaple
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:30pm
Big mistake. You don’t want this guy coming after you.

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logicmatters
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:17pm
Despite all the obligatory “Obama did it” posts, I will not stoop to that level. I don’t care too much for Rep Issa’s politics and/or behavoir as a politician, but no one should have their home robbed. I hope they catch the piece of trash that did it and I hope Rep Issa gets back every item.

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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:39pm
Shoulda bought a liberty safe

(I’m in a jocular mood, forgive me)

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:23pm
There is no one more greedy than those that expect something for nothing. And lots of it. That is the true greed that is hurting America. Only the evil would promote it. Obama anyone?

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- CanadaRocks
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:48pm
  2 posts in and already obama is behind this. Why does paranoid schizophrenia feel like?
  
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- FieldJudge
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:54pm
  @CaNaDaROCKS
  Q: “2 posts in and already obama is behind this. Why does paranoid schizophrenia feel like?”
  
  A: How would Conservative Yanks know? Ask a Socialist Canadian.
  
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- RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:13pm
  I wouldn’t ask a socialist Canadian for the time of day.
  
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- Lamarr01
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 1:57am
  Oh! Canada!
  
  If you are not paranoid, you don’t understand the situation.
  
  Abnormal psychology has become the new normal. “The One” may have a problem with narcissistic personality disorder. Many liberals don’t realize they have joined the “Cult of Self-Worship”. If you worship at the altar of yourself or the Black Messiah, you may be a cult member.
  
  One indication of cult membership is the delusion that lesser people need to agree with your opinion. There is no known cure. Cult members usually become a financial drain on their family and the productive tax-payers.
  
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DebateMe
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:06pm
Good thing Isa belongs to one of the only two classes in America that get a cultural ‘pass’ for being rich. If you’re rich because you’re a famouse movie/rock star or because you work in government, then you get a pass. If you’re ‘rich’ for any other reason, you are a wall street fat cat and deserve to be stripped of your wealth and shamed in the nation’s media ‘public square.’

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garbagecanlogic
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:05pm
Someone had better chec the whereabouts of obama and holder on the night in question.

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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Tickdog
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:45pm
ahhh those pesky liberals…

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IamWhatIam
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:23pm
The Government robs me everyday!!!! I don’t like it either!!

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- December7
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:24pm
  Has Obama started robbing the rich before he has a fiscal cliff deal? Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:22pm
Did they find a horse’s head or a dead fish in the house?

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djn1313
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:06pm
obama’s people must be involved — re-distribution of wealth

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South Philly Boy
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:05pm
I hope they catch who did it.

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miren
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:55am
Duuuuuuur…….”it’s George Bush’s fault” – In my best Lefty Liberal Tree Hugging Hippie Obama Drone Impersonation.

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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:04pm
  GUARRANTEE IT’S A DEMOCRAT-THIEF pushed by a SOROS-FUNDED orginization!!
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:54am
This is to Brazen. Someone went in looking for Black Mail Material. Didn’t find any so they made it look like a Typical burglary. That’s a Good Conclusion, Watson!

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- xcapeillinois
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:33pm
  Blackmail? Isn’t that RAAAAACIST?
  
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pecosval
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:47am
Ever hear of a safe????? That”s where my heirloom jewelry is, except for what is in my ears, or on my neck and arms.

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- neverending
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 1:00pm
  My first thoughts as well and/or heavy duty alarm system.
  
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jackact
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:44am
Another ‘Fast & Furious’ operation headed by Holder & Obama?

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:40am
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It was an Obama voter I’d bet my last dine on it………

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The_Jerk
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:38am
Axelrod did it. It’s part of the administration’s wealth redistribution program.

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tifosa
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:38am
wow, sad, too bad when ANYBODY is the victim of a robbery.

On a different, but related, topic: how much did he steal from us to pay for the Fast and Furious circus?

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- paulusmaximus
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:47am
  ?!?!? what?!?!
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:02pm
  Yeah, I’ve been the victim of an ongoing weekly robbery for 20 years now. My hope is that someday the people doing it will all be in jail.
  
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- marvlus
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:06pm
  Are you implying that we should not battle corruption in politics?
  
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- fdraiden
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:33pm
  You’ve been robbed by Obummer and his band of thieves for the last four years, and you don’t even know it, you fool!
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:18pm
  marv, It’s a waste of time and money to focus on trumped-up controversies
  FD, robbed of what? Taxes are lower, 401k doubled, Iraq ending brought some family home, business is booming, and Obama was re-elected!
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:28pm
  Tifosa,
  
  Robbed of what? Hmmmm, let’s see. I’ll note the ones that were taken at gunpoint (I had no choice to pay)
  
  Federal Income Tax – Gunpoint
  State Income Tax – Gunpoint
  Local Income Tax (when I was in the Cleve) – Gunpoint
  FICA (Of which I’ll not see a dime) – Gunpoint
  Medicare/Medicaid – Gunpoint
  SSI – Gunpoint
  Property Tax – Gunpoint
  Gas Tax
  Liquor Tax
  Sales Tax
  Marriage Certificate Tax
  Utility Tax
  Use Taxes
  Bed Taxes
  Tolls
  Capital Gains Tax – Gunpoint
  
  I’d really like to know what you call it when people with guns extract money from you and take off with it to use for themselves. What do you call that exactly if not robbery? Perhaps you’d suggest because the people ordering the men with guns to do it wear suits that somehow it seems less nefarious than the local thug huh?
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:36pm
  Definition of robbery: taking of the property of another from his or her person or in his or her immediate presence, against his or her will, by violence or intimidation.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:38pm
  Butterfly hag
  You should cry over the few hundred Mexicans killed by holder and co. Then there is the 70% of jobs in the last 4 months being gubmint jobs. Who dat who done gits to pay fo dem gubmint jobs? Your talking points suck to no end, futile, feeble, and wreckless. WHo really cares that a few hundred plus mexicans died before they could join the dem plantation? Great job there butterfly hag.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 2:44pm
  So are suggesting that:
  
  1. that money taken from me isn’t really MY property?
  2. that I’m mistaken and that it hasn’t been taken and I’ve misplaced it?
  3. that it is my money and it has been taken from me but it wasn’t done so through implied violence?
  
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barber2
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:35am
I can hear our 60s Chicago radicals now: Bad man. Rich guy. OK to ” re-distribute his stuff” because he has more than he needs . ( this is really morally funny since Bill Ayers, the hub of this bunch of Chicago “anti-capitalists,” came from a wealthy family whose dad was a big CEO ! Billy probably just had unresolved Daddy issues…just like Barack Obama ! Made Billy blow top banks for real in those days ! Ah, the mental health issues at the base of this political mess ! )

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- FlowerBell
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:42pm
  You’ve said a mouthful.
  
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- Lamarr01
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 1:34am
  Will ISSA have to pay income tax or capital gains tax on the insurance claim? ISSA may have to pay 45% for inheritance tax.
  
  Maybe the burglar(s) were armed with “fast and furious” pistols. When the FBI installs bugs or searches for evidence, they sometimes make it appear as a burglary. A horse’s head in his bed would indicate Pelosi or other Italian mobsters.
  
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TORCH9
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:32am
Inside job. Stop hiring illegals to scope-out your house for their cousins to redistribute your belongings…..just sayin’…..truth.

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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:43am
  amen
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:51am
  I didn’t think about that.
  
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doomytram
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:31am
What about Benghazi? Did the youtube video cause all of the gang rapes in the middle east?

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beckistheking
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:30am
How does a politician end up having 100,000 dollars worth of jewelry? We sure have strayed far from the the Founding Father’s idea of what a public servant is. It’s a millionaires club now.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:37am
  He earned it in private business.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:38am
  WHATAREYOUTHINKING: Ask John Kerry. He married into most of his. Or Harry Reid. Or Nancy Pelosi. ( PS, what’s so bad about becoming wealthy ? Many people do that be wise behaviors and good ethics. But … shhh: don’t tell the Chicago radicals ! It will spoil their day )
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:53am
  He has/had a business making car alarms and other auto security devices. Just read the story.
  
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