Man Takes Police Car for a Drive

BELLEFONTE — A man who allegedly took a joyride in a State College police cruiser with a dog inside waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges related to theft and driving with a suspended license.

Mark Anthony Librizzi told police that the night of Aug. 10 he was drinking at Cafe 210 West, a bar at 210 W. College Ave., and remembers approaching the police cruiser, which had its lights on.

“Librizzi said he messed with the police car,” a criminal complaint states. “He had no memory of how he got home, which is approximately one block from where the police car was located” near the intersection of Corl Street and West Beaver Avenue, court documents state.

The officer who had been driving the cruiser was responding to an incident near that bar, police wrote. She parked the car behind a bus with its lights on, then later saw it pass by the bus, police wrote.

When police found the cruiser, the lights were still on and the dog was still in the back.

A woman who told police she was at Librizzi’s apartment when he got home that night said Librizzi told her he had stolen a police cruiser and then he took her outside and pointed to it, police wrote.
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Librizzi told the woman he had heard loud breathing in his ear while driving the car, and turned to find the dog in the back, the complaint states.

Librizzi also told the woman he wiped his fingerprints before leaving the car, according to the complaint.

Police say Librizzi admitted on three different occasions to taking the car. State College police arrested him last week.

At the time, Librizzi had a suspended license for a prior DUI-related offense, police said.

Sara Ganim. "Officers: Man took police car for a ride" Centre Daily Times [updated Oct 2, 2008; cited Oct 2, 2008]. Available from
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