No I.D.? No clue who he was? Why??
Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by New Jersey police.
Dylan was in Long Branch, N.J., as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium on July 23.
At 5 p.m. a resident called police to report a man looking at houses while wandering around a low-income neighborhood several blocks from the oceanfront.
A 24-year-old police officer appeared on the scene, asked Dylan his name, which didn't ring a bell, even though he said he was there on tour.
``I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work,'' Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley said Friday.
A second officer, also in his 20s, responded to assist the first one. He, too, apparently was unfamiliar with Dylan.
The officers asked Dylan for identification. The singer of such classics as Like a Rolling Stone and Blowin' in the Wind said that he didn't have any ID with him and that he was just walking around to pass time before that night's show.
The officers then asked Dylan, 68, to accompany them to the Ocean Place Resort and Spa, where the performers were staying. Once there, tour staff vouched for Dylan.
The officers thanked him for his cooperation.
``He couldn't have been any nicer,'' Woolley said.
Guess it's true. When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.
Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Police get call over non-floppy rabbit ears
STIRLING, Scotland (AP) - Your rabbit's ears aren't floppy? Sorry, that's not an emergency. So said police in Scotland when a woman rang the emergency 999 number to discuss her concerns about her new pet. She said the newspaper ad promised floppy ears, but flop they would not.
Central Scotland Police said Monday they were equally unimpressed by another caller who complained that a passing car had splashed water on him, and by someone else inquiring about the postal code for a town's post office.
"Whilst officers and staff are dealing with these frivolous matters that a member of the public has deemed so serious as to call 999, they are not dealing with genuine emergency calls," said Chief Inspector Alan Stewart.
Central Scotland Police said Monday they were equally unimpressed by another caller who complained that a passing car had splashed water on him, and by someone else inquiring about the postal code for a town's post office.
"Whilst officers and staff are dealing with these frivolous matters that a member of the public has deemed so serious as to call 999, they are not dealing with genuine emergency calls," said Chief Inspector Alan Stewart.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Cops bust movie set, not robbery
SALEM, Mass. (UPI) -- Police officers in North Andover, Mass., inadvertently interrupted a movie set thinking it was the site of a robbery attempt, a director says.
Director John Depew said he was filming a scene at a North Andover convenience store last weekend when police suddenly stormed in to apprehend their suspects, Boston's WCVB-TV reported.
"They came in and they said, 'Drop the gun' and I couldn't see the officer because he was behind (me)," Depew said. "I said, 'It's a movie, it's a movie -- we're filming a movie!'"
Depew said two actors playing robbers were placed in handcuffs by the officers, but were released after the situation was explained.
WCVB-TV said the confusion was brought about by a mistaken 911 call from someone who said an actual robbery was taking place at the store.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Director John Depew said he was filming a scene at a North Andover convenience store last weekend when police suddenly stormed in to apprehend their suspects, Boston's WCVB-TV reported.
"They came in and they said, 'Drop the gun' and I couldn't see the officer because he was behind (me)," Depew said. "I said, 'It's a movie, it's a movie -- we're filming a movie!'"
Depew said two actors playing robbers were placed in handcuffs by the officers, but were released after the situation was explained.
WCVB-TV said the confusion was brought about by a mistaken 911 call from someone who said an actual robbery was taking place at the store.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Friday, June 27, 2008
Woman charged with hitting police horse
AUSTIN, Texas (UPI) -- A Texas woman has been charged with assaulting a police officer and his horse during a scuffle outside an Austin bar.
Corsha Beasley, 21, was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Police responding to a 911 call were trying to break up a crowd outside the Bayou Lounge early Sunday. Beasley allegedly refused to move and instead took off a shoe and used it to hit Dusty, the police horse, near his left eye.
When the officer tried to grab the shoe to keep Beasley from hitting the horse, she allegedly hit him in the face as well.
Beasley faces a second-degree felony charge, interfering with a police service animal, and a third-degree felony, assault on a police officer.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Corsha Beasley, 21, was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Police responding to a 911 call were trying to break up a crowd outside the Bayou Lounge early Sunday. Beasley allegedly refused to move and instead took off a shoe and used it to hit Dusty, the police horse, near his left eye.
When the officer tried to grab the shoe to keep Beasley from hitting the horse, she allegedly hit him in the face as well.
Beasley faces a second-degree felony charge, interfering with a police service animal, and a third-degree felony, assault on a police officer.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Monday, June 9, 2008
Police identify suspect by pants stains
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- Authorities said they arrested a Pompano Beach, Fla., bank robbery suspect after he failed to change his pants following a dye pack explosion in his pocket.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office said Algernon James, 39, was arrested at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gas station after a tipster informed deputies of his location, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
Broward Sheriff's Detective Tony Hierrezuelo said James had disguised himself with fake dreadlocks under a multicolored cap, but he was still wearing pants stained from a dye pack explosion the day before.
James allegedly robbed a Pompano Beach bank Tuesday and shoved the stolen cash in his pocket, along with a dye pack that had been inserted with the loot. Authorities said the dye pack malfunctioned and failed to explode after the suspect left the bank, but it detonated about an hour later when James entered a Fort Lauderdale pawn shop that used a security system similar to that employed by the bank.
"He never said why he didn't change his pants," Hierrezuelo said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
The Broward County Sheriff's Office said Algernon James, 39, was arrested at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gas station after a tipster informed deputies of his location, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
Broward Sheriff's Detective Tony Hierrezuelo said James had disguised himself with fake dreadlocks under a multicolored cap, but he was still wearing pants stained from a dye pack explosion the day before.
James allegedly robbed a Pompano Beach bank Tuesday and shoved the stolen cash in his pocket, along with a dye pack that had been inserted with the loot. Authorities said the dye pack malfunctioned and failed to explode after the suspect left the bank, but it detonated about an hour later when James entered a Fort Lauderdale pawn shop that used a security system similar to that employed by the bank.
"He never said why he didn't change his pants," Hierrezuelo said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Stupid, But Ends Well
DENTON, England (UPI) -- A British woman said she escaped a conviction and fine after authorities warned her to remove posters that sought the owner of a lost cat.
Joy Tracey, a grandmother of three, said she was only trying to get the orange feline, named Copper, back his owners when she put 12 posters on lampposts surrounding her home in Denton, England, Sky News reported.
Tracey said she tried to locate the kitty's owners for two weeks after she found him in her yard, and was surprised when a law enforcement officer called her.
"He said whilst he sympathized, it was an offense, and told me to remove them all from the Denton area or face a hefty fine. The world is going potty with petty officialdom," Tracy said.
Amid a flurry of local media attention about the city's tough reaction to the posters, Tracy was able to return Copper to his rightful home.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Joy Tracey, a grandmother of three, said she was only trying to get the orange feline, named Copper, back his owners when she put 12 posters on lampposts surrounding her home in Denton, England, Sky News reported.
Tracey said she tried to locate the kitty's owners for two weeks after she found him in her yard, and was surprised when a law enforcement officer called her.
"He said whilst he sympathized, it was an offense, and told me to remove them all from the Denton area or face a hefty fine. The world is going potty with petty officialdom," Tracy said.
Amid a flurry of local media attention about the city's tough reaction to the posters, Tracy was able to return Copper to his rightful home.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Pot-smoking man crashes into police car
COCOA, Fla. (UPI) -- A Florida motorist faces criminal charges after allegedly backing into a police car and taking off running when officers caught him smoking pot, police said.
Travis Lee Taylor, 28, was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, resisting without violence, resisting with violence and violation of probation, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla. reported.
Cocoa, Fla., police said Taylor backed his car into their cruiser after they pulled up behind him while he was smoking pot in a parked car.
After the crash, Taylor ran from officers before they caught him, officials told WKMG.
Officials said Taylor, who was on felony probation for selling cocaine, also received a citation for improper driving.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
Travis Lee Taylor, 28, was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, resisting without violence, resisting with violence and violation of probation, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla. reported.
Cocoa, Fla., police said Taylor backed his car into their cruiser after they pulled up behind him while he was smoking pot in a parked car.
After the crash, Taylor ran from officers before they caught him, officials told WKMG.
Officials said Taylor, who was on felony probation for selling cocaine, also received a citation for improper driving.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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