Thursday, September 21, 2017

Be Prepared

The New Yorker  would use this in their occasional "Constabulary Notes From All Over" column.

The setting is LaPorte, Indiana.  Out there in John Cougar Mellencamp Country, people help each other out. The police out there recently helped a stranded motorist who had run out of gas, and gave him a ride to town.

You know who else helps people out? Obstetricians!

But the man pictured here is Sean Harris, a 33-year-old resident of the Hoosier State, and a stranger to medical colleges all over (but not to neck tattoo parlors).

Sean HarrisHarris was allegedly in an intoxicated state when he ran out of gas while driving his automobile on Indiana State Rd 8 the other day. It's odd that he ran out of gas, because he had just visited a BP station in Lacrosse, IN, and left with some food and beverage items, and cigarettes, before leaving the station on US 421.

He took 421 to Rd 8 before running out of gas.  Oh, you know what else he took? He took the food, drinks, and smokes without paying, which is why a State Trooper took 421 to 8 and found Harris in his stalled machine.

LaPorte County Sheriff's deputies assisted in the arrest, which resulted in DWI charges being filed on Harris, in addition to the theft charges.

There will soon be a meme appearing on Facebook bearing the face of Mr Harris and the advice for all would-be thieves to make sure to gas up the Firebird before pulling capers.


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