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‘Thrill-seeking’ nuclear reactor operator hijacks car

Authorities: Nuclear engineer sought ‘thrill’ in DuPage hijacking Daily Herald,  5/11/2012   A man who operates reactors at a nuclear power plant was “thrill seeking” when he put on a mask and hijacked a woman’s car at gunpoint, DuPage County authorities said Friday.

Michael Buhrman, a senior reactor operator at Dresden Nuclear Power Plant in Morris, was charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking. Authorities said the 31-year-old Coal City man was armed with a loaded handgun and wearing a Halloween mask that resembled an elderly man when he approached a woman about 10 p.m. Wednesday in a Kohl’s parking
lot in Woodridge.

After stealing the victim’s 2000 Pontiac Grand Am, Buhrman fled and
was pursued by a witness who called police, authorities said….. He
was identified in court Friday as a nuclear engineer at Dresden, where
he has been a licensed senior reactor operator for six years,
according to his public LinkedIn profile. Before that, he studied
nuclear engineering at Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., and worked
as a reactor operator and nuclear electronics technician for the U.S.
Navy, the profile states……
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120511/news/705119671/

May 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | incidents