10/7/2014 - NPD FACEBOOK POST 10/7/14 - Too Bad Tuesday
Happy Tuesday everyone,
I'd like to
post on a new segment we would like to run on Tuesdays called "Too Bad
Tuesday" - it is based on the thought that police officers should write
books on their experiences throughout their careers because
of some of the very odd things that we run across throughout our
careers. So taking a lead from that - We will share with you some of
these strange but true stories that would definitely qualify - under the
classification of "that's just too bad" - AKA: "Too Bad Tuesday"!
Ok, now let's start with an incident that just occurred over the weekend here in the Borough ...
Before beginning though, I must put out a disclaimer noting that:
"All persons in these segments are innocent until proven guilty in a
court of law and that we reserve the right to change the names of those
involved (if names are used at all) to protect the innocent" ... (And
yes - this disclaimer is a combination of the one used from the show
"Cops" and i think the one from "One Adam 12"- thanks for noticing and
asking!!)
...seems that on Sunday evening our officers
responded to a residence on lower Spring Street on a report of a woman
sleeping in a bed... Now this would not be an unusual occurrence if the
woman lived in the home...or was visiting the home...or even knew the
residents...But - She did not... (See - this is why this incident is
making it into this segment!!) ...what the residents did discover was A
STRANGE woman sleeping in a bed in one of their bedrooms - they of
course then did what any of us in the same situation should have done -
they called 911!
- now let's not downplay how scary it is to
discover a total stranger in your home, snoozing away... and the
residents did comment to the officers that they thought they may have
been burglarized and immediately exited the home and dialed 911 - which
is absolutely the proper way to handle this type of situation - (very
nicely handled by these residents!) ...so in come our fine officers to
investigate - and what do they discover...well, believe it or not...a
strange woman sleeping in a bed in a bedroom of the home!! .. The
officers reported that the woman was "face down" and totally out...the
officers try to wake her ...and ...nothing - She is snoozing!! ...they
continue to try and wake her ...until ....she eventually does wake
up...but then the officers report that's she is completely
disoriented...and is "emitting an odor associated with alcoholic
beverage from her person" (this typically is police jargon for "She's
drunk")...When the officers ask her what she is doing in the home, she
tells them that she is at a friends home and that the friend let her in
(ummm - yea... not so much!) ...she goes on to state that she is in the
friends home located on City Hill Street....which ....she obviously was
not!! (We can't make this stuff up people!!!)
Now - let's
skip ahead to the "Too Bad" part; - Yada...yada...yada - the officers
remove the woman from the home and arrested and charged her with
Criminal Trespass in the third degree and Disorderly Conduct... And this
of course is just plain "too bad" for her (but very good for our
residents... I guess that could also be the name of this segment "that's
too good Tuesday"... But "Too Bad" has a nicer ring...so let's stick
with it!!)
Now,we know this incident sounds oddly familiar to
the old nursery tale called "Goldilocks and the three bears"...except,
our version obviously involved way more than 3 beers!!!
...so there it is - that is our first installment of "Too Bad Tuesday" - the lesson to be learned here:
A) ALWAYS make sure your home is locked (the residents in this incident
thought the home was locked however they were not positive - and there
were no signs of the residence being forced into)
B) If you are
going to drink...please do so responsibly - particularly by making
certain that someone you are with is sober -so that you wind up back
where you belong - safe and sound / and we can't emphasize enough the
"back where you BELONG part" in relation to this particular point!
Thank you all - and please have a great Tuesday!