Sup. Ct. Justice Stephen Breyer robbed by machete-wielding intruder at Caribbean vacation home

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Oct. 2011

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(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies.

A Supreme Court spokeswoman said Monday that Breyer, his wife Joanna and guests confronted by the robber around 9 p.m in the home Breyer owns on the Caribbean island of Nevis.

The intruder took about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt, the spokeswoman said. The robbery was reported to local authorities, but she did not know if an arrest has been made.

The FBI is investigating the incident.

The justices returned from a nearly month-long recess for a closed-door conference on Friday. They will next meet in public on Feb. 21.

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by lonestar9000 February 14, 2012 12:49 AM EST: I suppose now the American taxpayers will be paying for around-the-clock security at all government officials' residences, vacation homes, mistress apartments or whatever.; Reply to this comment


by IEtOut February 13, 2012 8:37 PM EST: A month long vacation? So, he got robbed while he was robbing the american people. How fitting!; Reply to this comment