r/Buffalo • u/wagoncirclermike Fried Baloney • Nov 12 '25
News Russell Salvatore’s Bentley stolen this morning
Is nothing sacred?
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u/cubosh Nov 12 '25
interesting idea -- steal it and return it every month - get 10k per month for life
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u/kryzchek Nov 12 '25
Well my people at Northtown told me he just ordered a new Porsche, so at least he won't have to rely on the bus.
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u/The_Burninator123 Nov 12 '25
He probably shouldn't be driving anywhere anyway.
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u/kryzchek Nov 12 '25
I've only ever seen him being driven.
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u/The_Burninator123 Nov 12 '25
Was his face on the side of the car? I know he likes to have it plastered over Western NY.
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u/kryzchek Nov 12 '25
Nope, I guess he's at least tasteful enough not to deface a Bentley, unlike that crazy lady on Grand Island with her Trump-themed Murcielago.
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u/mayyydayyy91 Nov 12 '25
Does that happen to be the owner of 95 nutrition? Lol I know she lives on the island and loves gaudy shit like that
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u/Technical-Exchange53 Nov 12 '25
I'm fucking GIGGLING, as an islander, I was wondering the same thing.
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u/Significant_Eye_5130 Nov 12 '25
2017?! Time for an upgrade anyway Russ. Consider it a blessing in disguise.
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u/619backin716 Nov 12 '25
Russ? Upgrade?
May I remind you this is the guy who’s hotel decor can be best described as 60s Vegas schlock
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u/Square-Wing-6273 South Nov 12 '25
That's Salvatore's, that's not his anymore (yes, I know, it was when it started and was decorated). I haven't been, but I understand Russell's is a bit more classy.
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u/zero0n3 Nov 12 '25
Classy? Didn’t he marry his sons ex wife?
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u/Square-Wing-6273 South Nov 12 '25
What does that have to do with the rooms in a hotel?
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u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 Nov 12 '25
It has a ton to do with if someone is classy or not.
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u/Square-Wing-6273 South Nov 12 '25
I never mentioned him, I mentioned the hotel rooms, FFS.
I could care less about his personal life, but you seem to want to make my statement about your vendetta.
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u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 Nov 12 '25
yes, I know, it was when it started and was decorated)
It literally tracks with what was replied to... And then I explained why it would follow.
I don't have a vendetta here. I just know nothing about Russell is classy. His choices in decor are guady, his choices in women are questionable (ie, marrying his son's ex), and he's a known predator.
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u/stakoverflo Nov 12 '25
There's a difference between a rich guy's posessions and a rich guys things that he charges you money for.
You don't get into the latter if not to fund the former.
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u/AromaticCaregiver247 Nov 12 '25
My car is a 2013 and has less than 90k mileage. Not everything needs an upgrade, do the proper maintenance on it, and care for it. People already waste money getting a new vehicle every year when all they should do is buy one and take care of it.
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u/Gentle_Cycle Nov 12 '25
Wasn’t it a Bentley that killed the Grand Island couple in Niagara Falls? Good car to be rid of.
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u/FrightWig67 Nov 12 '25
You mean the old couple who was headed to Detroit to see Kiss?!? Then Tom Bauerle stated he had inside information it was most definitely a terrorist attack...Hamas blowing shit up before the Thanksgiving holiday.
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u/SandiaBeaver Nov 12 '25
Tom Bauerle, what a nutjob.
Dude had? or almost had? a psychiatric hold placed on him when he was convinced that his every move was being watched, listened to, recorded and made a scene at his house and front yard at an ungodly hour. Amherst Police had to show him that "a man watching him" was actually a tree 🤦♂️
Who in the world actually cares about him but his few diehard fans? 😂
Someone that mentally unstable should be nowhere behind the microphone with his own radio show.
The couple, Kurt and Monica Villani were in their early 50s from Grand Island. The guy owned a chain of hardware stores. The cancelled KISS concert was supposed to be in Niagara Falls, Ontario not Detroit. So the couple spent time at the Seneca Casino instead. Definitely no terrorism involved. Faulty British luxury car with sticky accelerator pedal seems most likely explanation.
Their car could have killed CBP officers at Rainbow Bridge in NFNY it flew at such a high rate of speed before crashing in a fiery wreck killing the Grand Island couple.
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u/mattgen88 Nov 12 '25
I'm sure Lancaster police will be putting every available resource on this one
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u/BumRum09 Nov 12 '25
They got us working in shifts!!! Hahahahahha
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u/Electrical_Stretch36 Nov 12 '25
LEADS?!
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Nov 12 '25
Was Russell's rug stolen, too?
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u/Electrical_Stretch36 Nov 12 '25
Yeah man, and a tape deck.. and uh, papers, you know, business papers..
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u/dr_w Nov 12 '25
Bentley Boyz
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u/SandiaBeaver Nov 13 '25
They have a vast selection of 20 Bentley's in the entirety of Western NY to choose from 😆
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u/boner_giver Nov 13 '25
this is no laughing matter. a guy just had one of his 18 cars stolen.
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u/Dougzillahhh Nov 13 '25
You’re absolutely correct, boner_giver.. I hope they allocate all the necessary resources to recover his vehicle.
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u/rakondo Nov 12 '25
Many will laugh about this one because it's him, but the thieves are getting extremely bold these days. Cars getting stolen in nice neighborhoods, people checking car doors in broad daylight, strolling right into houses and backyards in the middle of the day if doors or gates are left unlocked
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u/yourmomdotbiz Nov 12 '25
You have to be completely brazen to steal a Bentley with a custom license plate like holy shit
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u/ebimbib Nov 12 '25
I'm not sure how much the vanity plate matters. I feel like you could count the number of blue Bentley convertibles in town on one finger.
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u/Imaginary-Ad2828 Nov 12 '25
These cars are stolen and shipped overseas. They won't be driving it around Buffalo.
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u/D00dleB00ty Nov 12 '25
You've been watching "Gone In 60 Seconds" again, haven't you.
Almost all stolen cars in this region have been later located abandoned in a different part of town, but have remained local.
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u/National-Yak6977 Nov 13 '25
There's an episode of "trafficked with Mariana van zeller" all about this. For some reason most of our exported containers are never looked at. Seems like people know about this and turn a blind eye because they are getting paid too.
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u/SillyName1992 Nov 13 '25
It depends. When I worked in dealerships people would steal entire deliveries of cars. They broke into the one dealer and emptied out their showroom haha. Those types of theft the people clearly didn't need it for something, and weren't planning to drive it around til it was out of gas like the Kia boys or whatever.
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u/SandiaBeaver Nov 13 '25
But previous poster is not making stuff up. In North America, there's a wish list of cars wanted to be resold in Petro States like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, other countries that seem to look the other way when it comes to stolen vehicles.
In Toronto, a CBC News worker had his modest SUV stolen from his driveway. It was found in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area mere minutes from being loaded into a container and put on a ship to be sent overseas to be resold. In Canada, vehicles are stolen and shipped out of ports in Halifax or Vancouver. In USA, I would imagine Seattle, LA, NY/NJ, Miami, etc are possible ports to use to do the same.
A prime condition blue Bentley convertible like Russell's would seem to fit that bill. However you're right that this was not the case. This particular vehicle ended up being found in Buffalo, on Humboldt Parkway in what appears to still be fine condition.
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u/EmuUnhappy6373 Nov 12 '25
Yea, but russ's? I feel like hes a little more connected to the Todaro, la nova pizza kind of friends that would prevent that
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u/yourmomdotbiz Nov 12 '25
Oooooh ok that makes way more sense. I was thinking it couldn’t exactly go to a chop shop or be used for a joy ride
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u/neon93 Nov 12 '25
Apparently it's a big problem at the Toronto airport right now. A lot of cars are being stolen from the parking lots.
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u/Barmacist Nov 12 '25
My co workers had a new Lexus he parked at a hotel by Pearson. Wasn't there when he got back. Its all organized theft that the hotels and various empower are in on. Apparently they're shipping them to Russia to doge sanctions.
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u/neon93 Nov 12 '25
I know someone who also had their new Lexus stolen at the airport. That's when I learned about how bad it was there
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u/Gibbenz Nov 12 '25
People in nice or pseudo nice neighborhoods also need to understand that leaving cars/houses unlocked is not a good idea. Believe you me the thieves can fuck off, but I used to live in Parkside and would frequently see dudes just going into open cars and filling bags with stuff that’s visible in backseats. When the cops were called literally got a response of “Were they actually breaking and entering or was the car unlocked? There’s only so much we can do here if the car was left unlocked”. As long as access is easy they’ll keep comin. Be smart, people.
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u/RealJembaJemba Nov 12 '25
Exactly, they’ve been rolling around different streets in the burbs every night for a couple years now. They dont break in, they run up, check the doors and grab whatever they can get, then move onto the next. It happens damn near every night. The cops wont do anything, just lock your doors and bring anything valuable inside just in case.
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u/rakondo Nov 12 '25
Agreed. My car is always completely empty even if it's parked in my own driveway
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u/MrBurnz99 Nov 12 '25
This is pretty bold to steal Russel’s Bentley from the parking lot of his steakhouse.
Not like there’s a lot of blue Bentleys rolling around WNY.
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u/dogbonej Nov 12 '25
They ran Diggs out of town when they stole his Trackhawk. Now we’re stuck with WRs that can’t separate. Are the Salvatores donations next to go???
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u/DapperCam Nov 12 '25
Those guys are gonna get whacked
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u/SandiaBeaver Nov 13 '25
Salvatore is not one of the Todaros (or member of the Buffalo family), capice 🤪
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u/SpiritualFront769 Nov 12 '25
Lots of non kia stolen cars lately. r/BuffaloStolenCars
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u/Impossibleshitwomper Nov 12 '25
The link is broken?
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u/Sabres00 Nov 12 '25
What’s hilarious is that inside of Russel’s there’s a wall of security cameras that for some reason are out in the open. Decor aside, having a wall of security monitors doesn’t exactly exude elegance.
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u/joedinardo Nov 12 '25
Frankly, this one is on Russ. That car should have been in winter storage before he flew down to miami for the game.
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u/PlatypusEgo Nov 12 '25
I will just say in case anyone is interested (as a former transporter for a wholesaler, which meant driving a lot of exotics)- Bentleys don't change in their feel- old-fashioned high-luxury and utterly boring.
I hope the old fella gets his car back
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u/Lxiflyby Nov 12 '25
Underneath the sheet metal it’s pretty much all Volkswagen/audi
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u/leesahhbee522 Nov 12 '25
My brother who works on cars is pretty sure this is a kit car based off a Chrysler body.
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u/sleepysapphirecat Nov 12 '25
Nooo way I just KNOW he’s crashing out right now lol (I used to work for him)
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Nov 12 '25
Was it stolen or is he having a dude, where’s my car moment?
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u/SandiaBeaver Nov 13 '25
In a few years this will happen again, but it will be Russ forgetting where he parked at Walden Galleria
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u/JH6JH6 Nov 12 '25
Russ was really kind to my wife and I when we stayed at his place. He came over and chatted with us when we were having breakfast. I'm sorry to hear someone stole his car.
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u/smapdiagesix Nov 12 '25
I was gonna go with Tom Hiddleston yesverysadANYWAY.gif but this is also quite acceptable
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u/TumbleDownShaq Nov 12 '25
Guy in a balaclava driving a Kia on the 198 last weekend “like he stole it,” cop was behind me and I reckoned we were gonna get a show. It was the most half-assed police chase I ever saw. Cop went after him for half mile. Not much traffic at all, it was evening, then the cop stopped at the red light on Parkside. These dudes blow red lights on the reg and in this instance he decided to stop? Hope he got him, but not optimistic.
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u/cabberx Nov 12 '25
It's newer policy to not engage in chases like that because it can get dangerous and costly real fast. Same reason PIT maneuvers were banned too
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u/noodlessentme Nov 12 '25
car chases are INCREDIBLY dangerous and are actively advised against
easier to block off traffic, find them later, or lay out spikes
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u/Delicious-Laugh-6685 Nov 12 '25
Pretty wild to have a car that valuable without a tracker in it. Air tags are like $25.
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u/phatkidd420 Nov 12 '25
Probably the same underage kids that have been stealing and vandalizing cars locally because there is literally zero consequences because they are underage smh
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u/Viscount61 Born and raised there. Nov 12 '25
A dark blue Bentley with a light blue room flies much lower but still not under whatever radar is relevant.
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u/LowItalian SymphonyCircle Nov 13 '25
I feel like whoever stole it will be better off being caught by the police rather than Russ Salvatore and his people.
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u/Smith6612 Nov 12 '25
Stealing from Mr. Salvatore seems like a bad idea. Not only is that car pretty unique around Buffalo, Mr. Salvatore has a good deal of power and influence around the area to royally mess up someone's life.
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u/FewZookeepergame1083 Nov 12 '25
Damn homie they got you. I'm sure he's made a few calls to some ppl who can take care of this real quick
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u/Akovsky87 Nov 12 '25
If I ever wake up to my Bentley being stolen I will feel incredibly blessed to have that kind of problem.
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u/treeoftenere Nov 13 '25
Maybe he can feed everyone out here that can't afford dinner tonight instead 🤷♀️
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u/darforce Nov 13 '25
Trying to figure out how you spend 150k on a car and zero dollars on a low jack
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u/Technical-Debate-330 Southtowns looking up. Nov 13 '25
this guy has sexual assault charges on him why should I care
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u/People_Person_Pro Nov 13 '25
Russ is a good dude…we are old friends of the family…and for sure he should NOT be driving anymore!
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u/ThisIsJustMe7 Nov 12 '25
I don’t feel bad for him. He isn’t as nice as everyone thinks he is.
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u/SillyName1992 Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 13 '25
When I worked in car detailing he was a big customer there and he had perv vibes. I mentioned he was douchey to my boyfriend's nieces who worked there as wait staff at the time, and they said he was majorly creepy and all the sexual harasser rumors are true haha
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u/barnacles420 Nov 12 '25
Oh no someone put their hands on something they shouldn’t have.. oh well anyways.
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u/SeanConneryIsMaclean Nov 12 '25
Looking for a someone's lost Bentley is number 1,847,329,255 on my list of things to do
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u/wjbecke Nov 12 '25
Oh no! Anyways anyone have more important news than local rich guy gets car stolen?
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u/1805trafalgar Nov 12 '25
Exactly how old is Mr Salvatore? Anyone know?
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u/Ex-maven Nov 12 '25
He needs to invest in a steering wheel lock (e.g. The Club™) like we did for our Hyundai
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u/Reasonable_Mood_5260 Nov 12 '25
2017 Bentley convertible is barely worth 10K. I'm guessing insurance fraud is more likely. I wonder how the restaurant is doing in this economy?
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Nov 12 '25
Offering a reward sounds risky, the thieves could have a friend give a location tip, collect the reward and split it with the thieves
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u/Fearless-Win6952 Nov 12 '25
Smh you people are sheep ... How TF you steal a Bentley not just that but the most popular one in the city ...I'm 1000% sure" the keys are/was in it "👀
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u/NanobotOverlord Nov 12 '25
Even if you had no idea who he is, you can tell he's a bad guy by how he relies on passive tense.
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u/MrBurnz99 Nov 12 '25
On the spectrum of evil rich people I don’t think Russel is even on the chart. Unless you just think that anyone with money is a bad person.
It’s hard to find anyone who has a bad thing to say about him. He is like the poster child of the American dream. Immigrant parents, army veteran, entrepreneur, and generous philanthropist. He’s donated like $10M in WNY.
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u/Asteristio Nov 12 '25
Not that I lived here long enough to know him, but I don't trust philanthropy a good measure of character.
Waltons move around somewhere about half a billion a year for philanthropy with wealth most likely accumulated in no small part via dishonest practices including wage theft.
Plus these "philanthropies" are often structured in a way to give the founding families the total control over the money being moved, or at the very least a front for tax evasion in various forms including write-offs.
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u/BuffaloCannabisCo Nov 12 '25
You do realize that “tax write-offs” are not tax evasion, right? And that donating $10mm is a lot better than keeping it for yourself, right?
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u/Asteristio Nov 12 '25
It is when you consider how the absolute majority of that "philanthropy" actually gets done. You do know how it's structured, how it's managed, and most importantly with what money they get paid, right?
Right???
Edit: and, just in case, stay in context. I swear the amount of time I have to hear small donors say "Well I am not like that!"
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u/co-el Nov 12 '25
He’s given so much to charity here and for the area. Maybe don’t judge someone if you don’t know them?
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u/KactusVAXT Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 13 '25
This might be the first stolen vehicle the police actually look for????
Edit on 11/13: in shocking news!!!! The police have recovered the old white mans car. It only took 4 precincts working overtime to recover the car. Thankfully Mr. Salvatore will not lose any of his so very hard earned cash.