Reflecting On A Funnier Police Story

So...I'm working in Lake Havasu, Arizona, the hottest place in the world on some summer days. How hot was it? It was so hot one day we actually did try to cook an egg on the sidewalk... and put a story on our attempt on the front page but the project went bad since my co-conspirators weren't sure how to best prepare or cook an egg. Yes, that really happened. Anyway...

We get a press release from the Sheriff's Department.
Seems they went looking for a fellow who skipped bond. They followed him to a hotel and thought they found him but he got away.

They were asking for the public's help in finding the scofflaw.

Could be a short police brief but something about the story sounded weird so I started digging.
And then things grew more fun.

Through an interview with an embarrassed deputy I gathered up some info and then I called the motel manager to see if she knew what happened.

"Course I do, sugar, I own the place," she said.

"And do you know the accused, a Mr. Smith?"

"He's my boyfriend."

"Do you know what happened?"
The resulting article was a bit something like this:

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Man digs hole through hotel wall, evades police capture.

A Lake Havasu man avoided police capture Thursday by burrowing a hole through a hotel wall and walking unnoticed out a hotel room while Sheriff's deputies stood guarding the door next door.

Hotel manager Jean Smith said she called the deputies when her boyfriend, John Smith, showed up because she knew he wasn't supposed to be out yet.

She rented John a room and then told the cops what room he was in.

But she recognized some of the cops and grew worried they might do some harm, she said.So she called and warned him, she said.

Four police officers stood by the door after a fifth knocked on.They were standing there ready to apprehend the suspect, she said.

Meanwhile, he used a knife to cut through the hotel wall.He walked out, looked at the officers and kept on going, she said.

While she's glad he got away uninjured, she's not sure if she still considers him her boyfriend, she said.



That will depend on one condition, she said: Whether he will pay the $200 it is going to cost to replace the thin wall between rooms.