This week's edition provided not one, not two but four police reports that caught my eye and made me chuckle just a little on the inside. With an end to the preamble and no more ado, I present this week's offerings.
The first one occurred on Wednesday, October 6, with a woman who maybe should have tried just a little harder to pull one over on the Blaine police department. Police reportedly stopped her car after receiving information that she was driving with a suspended license. Once the officer pulled her over, the driver allegedly gave a false name. The officer was able to see through this rouse quite easily, though, because the name tag the woman was wearing on her blouse clearly displayed her true name; the name under which the car was registered.
After probably the shortest investigation into false identity ever, the officer arrested the 44-year-old Ferndale resident on suspicion of driving with a suspended license, obstructing an officer and other traffic citations. The car was impounded and the woman was booked into jail; presumably under her real name.
On Friday, October 8, a hunter from New Mexico was stopped at the border and asked if he was carrying any weapons.The man reported that he had been, that is until he decided to stash them in the bushes at the Blaine cemetery for safe keeping.
Canadian customs officials arranged for the man to meet with Blaine police at the cemetery to retrieve his weapons. After the rendezvous, police gave the man a warning and information on better places to store weapons, other than random shrubbery.
On that same day, Blaine police responded to a 5 a.m. call from a business on Peace Portal Drive that some possibly foul business could be afoot. Once on scene, police found that someone had left 55 dozen eggs on the doorstep of the business. An employee there said the business had not placed any such order.
After some further investigation, Blaine police were unable to find the rightful owners of the 660 tiny gifts. In the spirit of goodwill and charity, Blaine police and customs and border protection agents transported the eggs to the Blaine food bank.
Finally, on Saturday, October 9, Halloween reportedly came about 21 days too early for some store clerks collecting shopping carts in a store parking lot on H Street late in the evening. A yellow pickup truck carrying what appeared to be folks in goblin masks showed up and cruised the parking lot for a while, apparently to the dismay of the clerks trying to do their job. Blaine police were called, but the pickup reportedly fled before the mischief makers could be brought to justice. I sure would not want to be working that parking lot come Halloween night.
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