[URBAN NOTE] "Woman reportedly arrested in Rob Ford’s SUV says mayor doing “top notch” in rehab"

[rfmcdonald]

This Toronto Star article, just minutes old according to Google News, is almost ridiculous.

Ford’s black Escalade — which in Toronto was tailed by police for months last year during an investigation into the mayor — has been impounded in the Muskoka Lakes region, according to several unconfirmed reports.

LeeAnne McRobb, a 36-year-old woman from Muskoka Lakes Township, has been charged with impaired driving and driving over the legal limit after she was pulled over by Bracebridge OPP near Muskoka Road 169 and Butterfly Rd. around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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When reached by the Star, McRobb’s sister, Lindsay Sarrasin, confirmed it is her sister who appears in two videos shot by Moose FM reporters talking about being at GreeneStone with Ford.
LeeAnne McRobb is Facebook friends with Mayor Rob Ford and posted this picture[.]

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In the first of two YouTube videos posted Wednesday by Moose FM, McRobb is seen entering Northland Towing and Recovery in Gravenhurst. She tells an employee behind the counter: “Nice watch, very nice. I don’t know where mine is. I can’t find it. It’s driving me crazy. Not having a watch is just not good. I’ve got a really nice one too. I think I left it at GreeneStone. I think it’s in Rob Ford’s room.”

The woman tells the employee she was arrested for drinking and driving a day earlier and wanted to get her personal belongings out of the car. “It’s not my vehicle, but all my stuff is in it.”

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In the second video, which continues after the first, McRobb says Ford is doing “top notch” in rehab.

"Second Video of Rob Ford's Impounded Escalade" (Watch on YouTube)