Authorities: Nuclear engineer sought ‘thrill’ in DuPage hijacking

[n2doc]

By Josh Stockinger
A man who operates reactors at a nuclear power plant was “thrill seeking” when he put on a mask and hijacked a woman’s car at gunpoint, DuPage County authorities said Friday.

Michael Buhrman, a senior reactor operator at Dresden Nuclear Power Plant in Morris, was charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking.

Authorities said the 31-year-old Coal City man was armed with a loaded handgun and wearing a Halloween mask that resembled an elderly man when he approached a woman about 10 p.m. Wednesday in a Kohl’s parking lot in Woodridge.

After stealing the victim’s 2000 Pontiac Grand Am, Buhrman fled and was pursued by a witness who called police, authorities said. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported.
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http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120511/news/705119671/

[snooper2]

1. If you are going to carjack, steal a car for shits and grins..

and the Thrill...

Don't you think you would target something just a little better than a 00' Grand Am

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Gee good thing he was not working to do a nuclear meltdown thrill

Homer anyone?

Human error at nuclear plants?
doesn't happen they are run by sound rational human beings.

[RC]

3. Another excuse to put on the list of why Nuclear Power is not safe, correct?

[SidDithers]

4. Nuclear power should be banned because nuclear power workers are criminals?...

I'm trying to figure out what message we're supposed to take from this story.

Edit: and on first read, I thought this story was about a nuclear engineer who got his thrills by hijacking DU pages.

Sid

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Can't believe the nuke apologists even have to occupy this thread.

Scorched earth tactics, I guess.

[LongTomH]

6. This guy makes Homer Simpson look smart!

D'oh!