A personal tragedy nevertheless makes for a funny news story
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.
