Last week I was reading through one of the many magazines we receive in the mail and in the magazine “American Police Beat,” they have a section or a regular column titled, “APB’s Believe It or Not Usually if you’re looking for some strange happenings, you can find them here. The first story I saw was abut a guy who was arrested for breaking into homes and stealing dirty diapers. The 20 year old was sentenced to 30 months probation for possession of burglary tools, and burglary, plus he has to undergo 200 hours of community service and also have a psychosexual examination. Six dirty diapers were found in his pockets at the time of his arrest.

Also in this article was the story about the guy who posed as a fake mourner and was attending up to four funerals a week, just for the food. The cheapskate even made a practice of filling up Tupperware containers with food to take home with him. Also it was determined he didn’t know any of the deceased. It takes all kinds to make the world go around.

The best one so far though is the 32-year-old guy from Florida who called 911 to complain about his mother. It seems the son told a deputy that his mother “took his beer.” And he wanted her arrested. At the time of his 911 call he seemed to be “very intoxicated” himself. He also told law enforcement officers that he would con- tinue to call emergency responders if his mother wasn’t charged. The only one charged in this incident was the son who was charged with making false 911 calls. Now his mother can take all of his beer that she can handle.

The final story I would like to share with you this week is that of a Iowa State Trooper who was driving the Governor of Iowa around when according to him, he saw a car driving erratically and the car cut the trooper off. However, the driver of the other car says the Governor’s SUV nearly hit them- The trooper decided to stop the other car but the driver refused to stop. His wife flipped off the trooper who could not be identified as such because he was wearing plain clothes. When the trooper saw the wife extend her middle finger towards him he turned on the red lights but they refused to stop, even after the trooper with the Governor still in tow, pulled in front of the other car. The driver pulled around the trooper and took off until he saw a fleet of squad cars coming up behind him with blaring sirens and red lights flashing. Fast forward the story a little, after much discussion the driver was let go without citing him. Now the driver is asking for a personal apology from the governor, who if you remember was just along for the ride. See, other places have crazy things happen too, it’s not just the Valley.