Shouldn't Fossella's (NY-13) Mom Cooperate With Police?

Maybe Vito Fossella, incumbent Republican in NY-13 (Staten Island-Brooklyn), should tell his Mom it's a good idea to cooperate with police, when she's got evidence about a crime.

As reported in the Daily News, a car registered to Mom was speeding in Staten Island when it almost ran down two Asian couples carrying flowers they had just purchased from a florist.  The car stopped, and a man got out and chased the couples with a baseball bat until he realized

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he was being watched.  The man got back into the car, intentionally ran over the flowers the people had dropped, and sped away.

Mom, when interviewed by police, said she did not know anything about the incident and declined even to admit that the car was registered to her.  

Maybe Vito should have a talk with his Mom.  Maybe he should tell her to call the police.  Maybe she should tell them who was driving her car at the time.  What do you think?

And can Republicans come up with any weirder scandals this cycle, or has the limit been reached?