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Detroit Free Press, 11:11 AM, Jun. 7, 2011
A 34-year-old Novi man’s planned sexual encounter arranged over Facebook took a bad turn when he was ambushed by a group of men hiding in the bushes, police said today.
When it was over, the man had a broken jaw, his possessions were stolen and his vehicle was driven into a lake, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Hickory Ridge Pines Park in Highland Township. The victim told police he met a woman on Facebook and arranged to see her at a BP gas station at Hickory Ridge and Highland roads. He then followed her to the nearby park for what he thought would be a sexual encounter, according to reports.
But as he was talking to the woman in the park, several men ran out of the bushes and attacked him, reports said. They beat the man with their fists, threatened to kill him if he said anything, and then took his Ford Explorer Sport Trac, driving the vehicle down a trail and into Murray Lake, reports said.
They also stole the victim’s wallet and cell phone from the center console, reports said. The woman and attackers left the park in her vehicle.
The victim waded into the lake and retrieved his backpack and keys, reports said. He walked out of the park, and a passerby called 9-1-1 after seeing the man walking along the roadway, bleeding from the face, reports said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he had surgery for a broken jaw. Police said he is being “less than cooperative” in the case.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kenneth Hiller at the Highland Substation, 248-887-5863, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
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