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Missing N.Y. Pastor Found in Ohio Strip Club
'Distraught' Reverend Tells Authorities He Does Not Remember 36-Hour Span, 400-Mile Ride
A pastor whose disappearance from a small town in upstate New York triggered a search by police and the FBI was found earlier today — inside an Ohio strip club.
Police said that when the Rev. Craig S. Rhodenizer, 46, was confronted by an officer, he began crying and said he couldn't remember anything about the 36 hours he was missing.
But dancers at the club remembered Rhodenizer. They told investigators that Rhodenizer spent two hours drinking, soliciting dances and making threatening comments. He also said he wanted to take the dancers back to his motel, according to the police report. In his car was a bottle of Bacardi rum.
A pastor whose disappearance from a small town in upstate New York triggered a search by police and the FBI was found earlier today — inside an Ohio strip club.
Sgt. Frank Previte, an investigator with the Lewiston Police Department, told ABC News it was one of the most bizarre cases he's seen.
"They questioned him a bit. He was very distraught, crying and hysterical," Previte said. "He did not know where he was."
Rhodenizer was discovered more than 400 miles from his Lewiston, N.Y., home by police in Riverside, Ohio, who were checking out-of-state license plates of cars parked at the club in a high-crime section of the city.
When officers ran the New York license plate on Rhodenizer's Toyota Camry, the check showed the pastor as a missing person being sought by New York police and FBI. Riverside police called authorities in Lewiston and were instructed to approach Rhodenizer.
The pastor broke down when police asked if he was Rhodenizer, crying and asking about the welfare of his wife and son, according to a Lewiston police report.
Ohio police took Rhodenizer to a hospital and towed his car.
Previte was relieved the search for Rhodenizer ended safely for the pastor, even if it was under unseemly circumstances.
"Regardless, we don't have any indication that a crime has been committed," Previte said. "And I don't see that changing."
Susan Rhodenizer, the pastor's wife, told ABC News that the family is making arrangements for her husband to return home.
Here is one of the comments on ABC blog LMAO
I know this pastor and please allow him a little disretion. He heard that Ohio needed some guidance, but was told that there would be sniper fire. He had to fly in in a corkscrew fashion and had to run with his head ducked all the way to the strip club to avoid sniper fire. He wasn't paying for stripper service he was just sleep deprived and "misspoke". Paying the stripper to wear a blue dress and hand him a cigar was part of her "therapy" that he doesn't remember. PLEASE have some compassion!
Missing N.Y. Pastor Found in Ohio Strip Club
'Distraught' Reverend Tells Authorities He Does Not Remember 36-Hour Span, 400-Mile Ride
A pastor whose disappearance from a small town in upstate New York triggered a search by police and the FBI was found earlier today — inside an Ohio strip club.
Police said that when the Rev. Craig S. Rhodenizer, 46, was confronted by an officer, he began crying and said he couldn't remember anything about the 36 hours he was missing.
But dancers at the club remembered Rhodenizer. They told investigators that Rhodenizer spent two hours drinking, soliciting dances and making threatening comments. He also said he wanted to take the dancers back to his motel, according to the police report. In his car was a bottle of Bacardi rum.
A pastor whose disappearance from a small town in upstate New York triggered a search by police and the FBI was found earlier today — inside an Ohio strip club.
Sgt. Frank Previte, an investigator with the Lewiston Police Department, told ABC News it was one of the most bizarre cases he's seen.
"They questioned him a bit. He was very distraught, crying and hysterical," Previte said. "He did not know where he was."
Rhodenizer was discovered more than 400 miles from his Lewiston, N.Y., home by police in Riverside, Ohio, who were checking out-of-state license plates of cars parked at the club in a high-crime section of the city.
When officers ran the New York license plate on Rhodenizer's Toyota Camry, the check showed the pastor as a missing person being sought by New York police and FBI. Riverside police called authorities in Lewiston and were instructed to approach Rhodenizer.
The pastor broke down when police asked if he was Rhodenizer, crying and asking about the welfare of his wife and son, according to a Lewiston police report.
Ohio police took Rhodenizer to a hospital and towed his car.
Previte was relieved the search for Rhodenizer ended safely for the pastor, even if it was under unseemly circumstances.
"Regardless, we don't have any indication that a crime has been committed," Previte said. "And I don't see that changing."
Susan Rhodenizer, the pastor's wife, told ABC News that the family is making arrangements for her husband to return home.
Here is one of the comments on ABC blog LMAO
I know this pastor and please allow him a little disretion. He heard that Ohio needed some guidance, but was told that there would be sniper fire. He had to fly in in a corkscrew fashion and had to run with his head ducked all the way to the strip club to avoid sniper fire. He wasn't paying for stripper service he was just sleep deprived and "misspoke". Paying the stripper to wear a blue dress and hand him a cigar was part of her "therapy" that he doesn't remember. PLEASE have some compassion!
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