This morning was totally routine. I left for work the exact same way I do almost every day. Opened up the garage, took my ghb and dirty uniforms out to my truck parked in the street, came back for a couple bags of trash and an old tv that was going away. I walked past both of our other cars parked in the driveway at least 4 times during all of this.
About an hour and a half later, my wife calls. She says,"I just went to leave for work, and there is some dude sleeping in my car". I tell her to call the cops, and call the preacher, who lives across the street. I head home immediately.
When I arrive, there are three Sheriff's deputies questioning a young man on the sidewalk in front of my house. My wife tells me he is just some drunk kid who got left behind at a party in our neighborhood and decided to try not freezing in our car for the night. I stand by and watch the police questioning him for a while, overhearing bits and pieces of his story. I see them give him a breathalyzer and hear him begging them not to arrest him. He was saying "I don't know anybody out here, my friends left me, i was freezing, and I just wanted to get warm and sleep. I was not trying to do anything bad."
The deputies were fabulous in all of this. My wife says they woke him up felony stop style, and all through the process, they were professional, but very firm with him.
After they stuff him, they come talk to me. Can you guess the first question out of my mouth? "How long has he been there?" I asked. They tell me pretty much all night. My wife checked the car, and said nothing was missing, but I asked to see his possessions because I wanted to see if he was armed in the least, or if she missed something. They show me his stuff, and tell me he had 300 dollars on him. I say;" he has enough money to catch a cab to Flagstaff, but he decided to sleep in my car?" They tell me he is 15 years old, and still had a pretty impressive number on the breathalyzer. Enough said.
What an idiot I am.
About an hour and a half later, my wife calls. She says,"I just went to leave for work, and there is some dude sleeping in my car". I tell her to call the cops, and call the preacher, who lives across the street. I head home immediately.
When I arrive, there are three Sheriff's deputies questioning a young man on the sidewalk in front of my house. My wife tells me he is just some drunk kid who got left behind at a party in our neighborhood and decided to try not freezing in our car for the night. I stand by and watch the police questioning him for a while, overhearing bits and pieces of his story. I see them give him a breathalyzer and hear him begging them not to arrest him. He was saying "I don't know anybody out here, my friends left me, i was freezing, and I just wanted to get warm and sleep. I was not trying to do anything bad."
The deputies were fabulous in all of this. My wife says they woke him up felony stop style, and all through the process, they were professional, but very firm with him.
After they stuff him, they come talk to me. Can you guess the first question out of my mouth? "How long has he been there?" I asked. They tell me pretty much all night. My wife checked the car, and said nothing was missing, but I asked to see his possessions because I wanted to see if he was armed in the least, or if she missed something. They show me his stuff, and tell me he had 300 dollars on him. I say;" he has enough money to catch a cab to Flagstaff, but he decided to sleep in my car?" They tell me he is 15 years old, and still had a pretty impressive number on the breathalyzer. Enough said.
What an idiot I am.
I was thinking if you were near Flag, it'd be mighty chilly out. It's still cold out here even.
