A personal tragedy nevertheless makes for a funny news story
Bookworm on Feb 04 2010 at 9:21 pm | Filed under: Crime and punishment
The gal’s life is sad, but the news story, at least in the first three paragraphs, is still funny:
A Mill Valley lawyer was charged Thursday with breaking into a hotel refrigerator to steal yogurt, authorities said.Patience Nooney Van Zandt, 43, was booked into the county jail early Thursday morning after an incident at the Mill Valley Inn at 165 Throckmorton Ave. Mill Valley police were called to the hotel after the staff reported that a woman had wandered onto the property, burglarized a refrigerator and taken the food.
“She did have evidence of yogurt on her nose,” said Mill Valley police Capt. Jim Wickham.
Justin Flake, the manager of the hotel, said the stolen yogurt included six Yoplaits of unknown variety. The refrigerator sustained minor damage during the burglary.
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The zombies are out. Watch your grey matter.
After reading the whole story, I can only feel sorry for the poor girl.
I hope she has someone who really cares for her and stays with her until she gets out of the dead end she’s slid into.
Al
Will she be required to attend Yogurt Addiction Therapy group sessions?
I’m sure the cop said it with an absolutely straight face, too. In fact I bet he said it in his most impressive “cop voice” and clipped manner, too. “My name is Friday. The fact is: she did have evidence of yogurt on her nose.”