4 months ago
SACRAMENTO, CA - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was the victim of a thief this weekend in San Francisco. It happened Saturday at about 8 p.m. in Union Square.
Johnson, in town for a conference with represenatives from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, decided to use public transportation to travel to the city. "I thought it would be nice to take public transportation, so I rode AMTRAK from Sacramento to Richmond," said Johnson.
At the Richmond BART station, Johnson said he noticed an elderly man struggling with his bags and asking for directions from a BART employee. "I told the gentleman I was headed the same way, so we could ride BART together," the mayor said.
Johnson found the man a seat on the train and the two later arrived at the Powell Street Bart station.
After walking for about four blocks, Johnson said he noticed his companion was tiring so he decided to grab a taxi. As he helped put the man's bags into the trunk of the cab, Johnson put down his belongings and when he turned back around, his bag with a suit and some casual clothes was gone.
Johnson said he ran up and down the streets asking if anyone had seen his bag. "Nobody saw anything, my bag vanished into the crowd," said Johnson.
The mayor joked about the incident at a Monday morning light rail press conference in Sacramento.
"There are lessons to be learned. Pay better attention. Don't let anything out of your sight and always be on guard. It's a shame we have to live this way," Johnson said.
Johnson said he had to call back to Sacramento to get his clothes replaced.
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