Detroit Visitors Deliver Prince to Man Robbed of Tickets

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By Val Clark
Web produced by Jenny DiDomenico
July 30, 2004

One of the victims of a string of car break-ins in Auburn Hills Friday lost tickets to that night's Prince concert at Joe Louis Arena. Now, he's getting a new chance to party like it's 1999, thanks to some generous strangers.

They flew thousands of miles to Detroit because they are hardcore Prince fanatics, but Tori Hatch and Karmen Carter turned into softhearted good Samaritans after seeing the plight of a fellow fan on Action News at noon.

Theives broke in to Michael Mitchell’s car Friday, stealing his watch, his camera, and his tickets to the Prince concert. The compassionate out-of-towners just happened to have an extra pair.

"Well, we had two extra people – two other people coming with us – and they ended up bailing out on us in the end, so hey, we got two extra tickets," Karmen said as the pair walked downtown.

In the middle of our interview, with some help from the Auburn Hills Police, Michael called Tori and heard something that was music to his ears.

"We have two extra tickets," Tori told him. "I saw your story on the news, and I know the pain of getting robbed, and I love Prince, so I’d be very willing to give you my two tickets."

There are probably some other die-hard Prince fans who wouldn’t mind a couple of free tickets, but remember: Karmen and Tori know what Michael looks like, and they say they will be asking him for I.D.

LOVE 4 ONE ANOTHER!!!!!

Kudos

Awsome!!!

Wonderful story.

Love 4 One Another is the only way.....da da..da...

I was looking for the woman that owed me $6 last night!!

We stood in line at the Joe last April to get tickets. she was just ahead of me. When she got to the window, she was $6 short because she didn' t know about the service fee.
So she started begging for the money, and no one was getting up on the money. I purchased my seats and she came over to me and said that she only needed $6 and would pay me back, so I charged the $6 bucks and give her my address and phone #. Then I find out that this woman got BETTER seats than me. Which REALLY SUX. and she never paid me my money.
She was older lady, at least in her mid to late 50's so I thought I wouldn't get burned. I should have shrugged my shoulders and said sorry too!

Igottixs4det said:

That just warms the heart.

prodigalfan said:

u deserve a huge what a kind soul u are, i hope the lady contacts u soon.

LLLOOOOOVVE 4 ONE ANOTHER!!!!!

Great story!

Last night's sold out show was outstanding as usual. I was seated in th e7th row from the stage on the north side of the arena. Who was that lady that tripped and fell on the stage last night. She sure did make an entrance, huh? I bet she was so embarrassed.

Thi sis the kind of story that gives me faith in mankind!!!!!

dreamfactory313 said:

I hope it was the beeyotch who owed prodigalfan 6 bucks.

That was him that was pulled on stage with the Pistons jersey, wasn't it??

Smooches;)

Our baby keeps trying to get the message of Love for One Another through our heads and as I read posts here and elsewhere, I keep thinking, "We're listening, we're listening"!!! I hope he sees the above article and can see for himself how MUCH we're listening. It sure made me smile.

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What a nice story! Glad 2 hear about a couple of P fams doing a solid 4 a fellow fam. I happen to have family roots in Detroit so it's good 2 hear something nice coming from the motor city.

One of my friends told me she saw that story on the news yesterday evening! I'm sad I missed it, but anyway - NICE PEOPLE ROCK!!!!

I wonder if the dude remembered where he was suppose to sit? If he did, he should have checked those seats out to see who was there! Think the robbers went to the concert?
Klick

yeah, justice served if the robbers got arrested during the show . . . . but if they were smart they probably scalped those tickets

>I wonder if the dude remembered where he was suppose to sit? If he did, he should have checked those seats out to see who was there! Think the robbers went to the concert?
Klick


If he paid with credit card he could definitely get it tracked and get the thief in trouble!! I'm not trying to imply the president.

XtrueX said:

Nope unfortunately it wasn't her. To make it even worst, I used my cell phone to call tickemaster non stop while waiting in line ( I did not want to miss getting tickets) I ran my cell phone battery down trying to get thru and actually got tickets at the window.
This lady then had to call her husband on my cell phone to come pick her up. It was the very last 1 minute my cell phone had for her to make her call. I couldn't wait for him to show up and figured if necessary I could track her with my cell phone.
About 2 weeks later the dayum cell phone died!

klick2me said:

Now that was a very good idea... have Detroit PD tap them on the shoulders. If it wasn't the robbers, they might know where he was.

feelin all warm n'fuzzy inside...that was an absolutely awesome thing to do!

Awwww!

nothin else to say.

klick2me said:

Nope, the robbermen didn't go to the show Friday night.

It was reported on the local Detroit news Friday that the perps, who ranged from 13-19 years of age, WERE CAUGHT Friday. Three of the juvies were released to their parent-types while the 17-year-old and 19-year-old were held in jail, I believe.

But that is so cool for these friends to do this -- to give the guy an extra ticket. BUT, stupid for the guy to leave two tix to an upcoming Prince concert in his car. Heck, I'd have them on my possession if not someplace secure.

But at least the episode ended well -- the perps were caught and the guy got to see Prince.

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[This message was edited Sun Aug 1 7:59:25 2004 by a2grafix]

GREAT STORY!!