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Subscribe to RSSKentucky police were making a routine traffic stop when they discovered a kidnapped man locked in the trunk of the car. WAVE's Jaimie Weiss reports.
Some Louisville, Ky., police officers got the surprise of their careers when they pulled over a car with expired license plates: a man bound in the trunk.
Shawn Bloemer, 22, could hear the officers from inside the cramped space.
“I heard a voice and I could tell from his inflection of what have you that he was an officer. He came back and asked about insurance and that’s when I started kicking and punching on the hood, yelling,” Bloemer told WTSP 10 News.
Bloemer, a clerk at a local Circle K convenience store, says he was captured after his late-night shift and locked in the trunk of his own car after he discovered three people -- Brittany Elder, Trent Blye, and Joseph Davis -- trying to steal his tires. Bloemer said Blye assaulted him, along with the others.
"He started to hit me, struck me in the head, punched me in the stomach a couple of times. They shoved me headfirst into the light post," Bloemer said, according to WDRB.
The three attackers then allegedly forced Bloemer into the trunk of his vehicle with his wrists tied with a t-shirt and a towel wrapped around his head.
"Right before they closed the trunk they said, 'This isn't personal, we need your car,'" Bloemer said.
Bloemer estimates he spent nearly three hours locked in the trunk on that August night while his kidnappers drove around. At one point, he fell unconscious.
“It was really hot. I passed out a couple times,” Bloemer said.
Around 3:30 a.m., he woke up to flashing red and blue lights he could see through a crack in the taillight.
Officers Fred Wilson and Daniel Goldberg had initially flagged the vehicle for expired plates. But when Goldberg heard someone in the trunk while talking to the occupants, he realized this wouldn't be an ordinary traffic stop.
"At that point the officer became very much more aware, immediately called for backup," Bloemer said.
In the dash cam video, officers are seen pulling the kidnappers out of the car one by one and rescuing Bloemer from the trunk.
Police have arrested Elder, Blye and Davis, who allegedly purchased illegal drugs during their late-night joyride, according to WTSP 10 News. They are each charged with kidnapping, wanton endangerment, and theft of Bloemer’s car.
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I'm cool with the cops, just wondered....
This happened last August and NBC is reporting it now?? Meanwile the clerk stays to get beaten and thrown into the trunk instead of running back to the store and call the cops? I could understand if he could perform a "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" on these 3 perps' asses but what he did was pretty stupid.
We'll see how you do with 3 against 1. You macho men who think you are so tough online are such a joke! Do you really not realize how we all laugh at your posts?
Some, no, correction, MOST people were born to be victims. A legally licensed handgun and plenty of practice makes all the diff in the world, that's exactly why we have them.
'really not realize'....
ifu - "get a clue"
Bloemer is just one of those who has a job and should have to give back.............
Besides it was nothing personal............
The rot of civilization...........brought to you by the Demo-Communist Party..............and there is a lot more to come.
That clerk is so lucky. 10 to 1 they would've killed him. And now you pansy azz non violent liberals wonder why we NEED concealed carry laws. If that clerk had a gun, I guarantee things would've been different. Maybe one or more of those knegar/cracker trash would be dead, not a career criminal living of my tax dollars.
The crackers were fine hanging with a coon, smoking crack and robbing people till they got caught. Once they got caught up they blamed everything on the welfare superstar. Lesson of the day....If you run with dogs you will get mange.
You are just ugly. No redeeming qualities at all.
AllPeopleRights- I clicked the 'up arrow' about a dozen times but only one shows..
Happy ending!The saying,never there when you need them,not true this time!
there always there...why risk your life...it's not like their being payed to do so
ifu - Not only does your post make no sense at all, but half the words are misspelled. At least use the spell-check since you haven't passed 3rd grade.
conservative10 - Always has to be a racist comment. You are stupid, please understand that. When, oh when will racists just disappear?
Good job to law enforcement! Thank you Officers!
You're delusional, ignorant, misinformed and sheltered. I'm sure in your Utopian dreamland if everyone were grey, that all would be well. Everyone would be happy and there's be no crime, hate or war. Humans are racist by nature. Humans tend to associate with those who look like each other(skin color/dress), talk alike, have similar personal/political/social/religious views, etc and distrust those who do not. People are savages and people like you tend to be the victim more often than not.
Too bad the kid wasn't armed with a .44 magnum loaded with hollow point bullets.
LUCKY for him! who knows what would've happened!
Mr. Bloemer is quite lucky........indeed! ! ! As for those little maggots that kidnapped him, I hope the KC Judge in the case has the balls to lock all three up for the maximum time allowed by law. NO PAROLE! ! ! 20 years+ sounds like a good start to me, for each offense. This sort of scum needs to be taken out of society once and for all. To the KCPD, bless you and all your Co-Workers, you did an excellent job and should be given an award for your quick thinking and actions. BRAVO ! ! !
I guess expired license plates have their uses !! A
nd for all you pro-gun people spouting that this wouldn't have happened if gun laws were less stringent - even if every person in the population was allowed to carry a gun doesn't mean that everyone would - for various reasons. Nor does it mean that this wouldn't have happened - also for various reasons.
Amazing how they act so tough on an internet site, isn't it? LOL, LOL, LOL!
LIne them up and shoot
This happened in August and is just now being reported?
Huh? The best line is the part about it not being personal we just need your car! Actually it doesn't get more personal than kidnapping and being locked in the trunk of your own car.
Quentin Tarantino would be proud of these people. He's immortalize them in Pulp Fiction Part II!
Some of you need to face facts. If the clerk had a pistol, it's nearly 30 times more likely it would kill a family member, than a criminal. Without plenty of practice, he would have been more likely to shoot a bystander than anyone he was aiming at. Face facts, pistols are miraculously inaccurate.
Why not practice? If he's like the rest of us, there's too little time before & after work, & between jobs to clean the thing properly, let alone find a place to shoot it.
Basically Bloemer was lucky his assailants weren't armed with a legally registered firearm.
I say hooray for the police for doing their job,could been sitting in donut shop drinking coffee,the most under rated job there is.
Agree!
Poor kids.Just want to drive around a little.They even took a complete stranger for a ride.You people have no idea what kind of childhood they had!!!Have compassion and hear this....innocent until proven guilty.Morons.
spoken like a career criminal...the problem with the laws these days....criminals know their rights and not their wrongs. Idiot!
Serf - We know your IQ is 5. You need help. Hope you are on your way to prison. When is your next court date?
I think Serf ws being ironic.
AllPeopleRights- "when is your next court date?" ...f'n hilarious! ..can't wait to use that one.
Guns guns guns.....blah blah blah. Either way the victim was screwed. He clearly couldn't defend himself against a grandma wielding a balsawood butter knife. If your born a p**sy you'll always be a p**sy. If your smart enough you won't end up in the trunk. GUN OR NOT!
Another ridiculous pretend "tough guy" typing on an internet post. You are a joke! LOL!
Your attempt at trolling is a joke....you would wind up in the trunk too.
You are probably a wannabe criminal - I'll bet your mother is sooooo proud!
Just another armchair commentator with no real world experience....seems to me your a antagonizer with nothing better to do than try and insult people on-line. Here's some friendly advice. 1. Move out of your parents house. 2. Get a clue about reality. 3. Step away from the keyboard for 2 minutes and realize what a waste of time your life has been thus far. You are showing your lack of intelligence by speculating about my criminal aspirations and bringing up my mother?! Get a clue you stupid douchbag....have a nice day.
...balsa-wood butter-knife... funny.
Call me shallow and unsophisticated but I wish everyone would stick to banter and leave out the nauseating rhetoric. ...what can I say?.. I come for the jokes.
very clever....how long did it take you to come up with that one....are you a fan of AllPeopleRights or are you the same person?
I ask this because I saw that you only comment on AllPeoplesRights replies in this story. No free thought of your own....just backing up your friend....seriously how many accounts do u have....unless trolls run in packs....
I guess you're just one of the many idiots on here that think you some how are granted the right to attempt to censor people in a free speech society.
Your fantasies are sometimes interesting, even amusing, but this is the real world. In the real world there's no way to introduce firearms into this situation without something really bad happening.
If one person is armed, the odds are 3 out of 4 it would have been a criminal. If Bloemer had been armed, why wouldn't at least one of the others be packing too? If the police rolled up on a shoot out, what are the chances they would be able to tell Bloemer wasn't one of the criminals, especially if he were armed? If the cops saw someone firing a pistol, are they going to ask him to pause while they question him, or open fire & hope for the best? What would you do?
You see, it just doesn't work out like in the movies & on TV. Welcome to reality. Have a nice stay!
Well said!
The article said that he saw them stealing his tires. If he would have been armed, he would have sought cover and then ask them what they were doing. If the bad guys would have been armed and shot at him, he would have been in his right to return fire. People who carry guns approach things in an entirely different way. If the cops would have rolled up on this shoot-out, which would probably never happen, he would have put his gun down and raised his arms. The cops would have then turned there concern to the bad guys who wouldn't have put their gun down.
Yeah, figures. The black guy is the only one who doesn't say anything...
Isn't this when Boob Costas should step in and call for a ban on cars, so that they can not be used for kidnapping. It would be another great chance for him to see his name in the head lines and that is the main reason he has for opening his mouth.
I bet mr Shawn Bloemer is happy he had an expired license plates, would he get a ticket? hahaha he is lucky it was not personal or he would not be around now.
He's lucky the cops stopped the car. Thank goodness for expired plates!
two whites one black get your facts straight butt muncher
good thing he did not over heat and die in there! They would be facing more than kid napping or grown man napping.. (not sure what they call it )
Did you read the article? Two of the three kidnappers were white. But that don't matter to someone always looking to throw race out there, huh?
That coin flips both ways. When's the next KKK meeting?
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