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Tuesday, August 8, 2006
When in doubt, blame girlfriend
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just after midnight an officer on Roswell Road made a traffic stop for an obscured tag.
The driver allegedly had a concealed weapon, a Ruger .45-caliber auto with a laser sight. The man told the officer it was his girlfriend’s gun, which in street-talk means, “It’s easier to find a new girlfriend than it is to get out of jail.”
He was arrested and at some point, when she wants to see the police report, he will also be out.
He feels like a real boob
A man reported that he was at the service station around 10 p.m. when a woman walked up to him and said she wanted to talk to him. She then tried to kiss him. She then tried to show him her breasts. She then took his wallet from the center console of the car. No fair!
Good-natured, at first
Officers received a call of loud people in the parking lot in front of an apartment on Fenwick Place. The men were drinking, but good-natured, so the officers asked them if they would go inside. They did. Around 1:45 a.m. the officers got another call.
One of the good-natured guys was now mad at his girlfriend. He punched seven holes in the dry wall with his fist and becoming disorderly, probably saying things like, “Boy my fist really hurts now.” Actually, he didn’t say that until the next day. The other once good-natured guys couldn’t calm him down, so he was arrested.
Grudge takes the shape of four wheels
A woman reported that she loaned her car to her soon-to-be ex-friend who has not been seen since. Her soon-to-be ex-friend occasionally text-messages her. The victim said that he has a grudge against her and is using the car to carry out his revenge. (People are strange, aren’t they?) Why loan the car to someone whom you know has issues with you?
