Here Today... Gone to Mali: 2008

This is True®

by Randy Cassingham

Double Trouble II
“Over a span of time, there were several reports of a subject wearing extremely tight pants with an obvious bulge stuffed down his pants,” says a police spokesman in Greenwich, Conn. But it’s not what you think: the bulge was “a yellow, plush, child’s toy banana. It had a smiley face on it.” The suspect would confront people, usually women, to show them his toy. Arthur Bertana, 62, was caught yellow-handed and ran, but was caught by officers after a foot chase. He was arrested and charged with breach of peace and interfering with a police officer. Bertana, a former cop in nearby Stamford, was “a top-notch police officer back in his day,” said a Stamford Police spokesman. At the time of his arrest, he was on probation for a similar crime. (Greenwich Time) ...It’s unlikely the judge will greet him with a smiley face.
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Friday, January 18, 2008