From: A. N.
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping, and upon returning to her car,
found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She��dropped her
shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at��the top
of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of�the�car!"
�The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran �like mad.
�The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into
�the back of the car and get into the driver's seat. She was so shaken
�that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and
�then it dawned on her why. A few minutes later she found her own car
�parked four or five spaces down. She loaded her bags into her car and then
�drove to the police station.
�The sergeant to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two with
�laughter. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale
�men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as
�white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying
�a large handgun.
�No charges were filed................. Ah, senior moments!
From: T.H.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
SPOKANE -- Three men streaking through the warmth of a Denny's restaurant were chilled and chagrined when they spotted a thief driving away in their getaway car, their clothing inside.
Naked in the 20-degree weather, the three young men huddled behind cars in an adjacent parking lot until police arrived.
"I don't think they were hiding. I think they were just concealing themselves," police spokesman Dick Cottam said.
The trio, wearing only shoes and hats, entered the restaurant in north Spokane at about 5 a.m. Wednesday. They left their car running outside so they could make a quick exit.
But a man eating inside the restaurant saw the running vehicle and stole it, along with the streakers' clothes, Cottam said.
The streakers watched through the windows as their car drove away, Cottam said. They ran outside but could not catch it.
Cottam did not name the victim of the car theft, but said he was 21. He did not have the names or ages of the other two streakers, who were not arrested.
"I think it was just three kids who decided to fool around," Cottam said.
"We always tell people to not leave their car running," he added.
Restaurant manager Ryan Swennumson called the incident "funny," but declined further comment.
Information from: The Spokesman-Review
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