Weird Laws

Americana at its best!

First, from the great state of Washington. In normal fashion, the police in Benton County, Washington received a call that a delivery van had been stolen. At first blush, there would appear to be nothing out of the ordinary about a stolen vehicle call. However, with this call, it became apparent things were not going to be normal. In fact, the call went out as an "all-points bulletin." Moments after he APB, the van was spotted and the police gave chase. Now this wasn't exactly a high speed chase - speeds were in the 30-35 mile per hour range, but it was fast enough to convince the police the driver really wanted to get away. However, the police responded in force and overwhelmed the driver with sheer numbers. The driver soon decided to call it a day and the chase ended.

The driver, a 19 year old man was charged with auto theft and felony escape. Reports say it is likely that the reason the driver was caught and the delivery van recovered was because of the police's quick response time. The owner of the van was undoubtedly happy to get his truck back, especially given that many stolen vehicles are rarely recovered. As an added bonus for the owner of the truck, the cargo was untouched and unharmed. Not one of the dozens of fresh, glazed, sugar or cream doughnuts, or even the apple fritters had been touched. The thief really didn't have a chance to get into the loot since the police responded as quickly as they did. My only question is who protected the fresh goodies from the police. Good thing there wasn't a Starbucks nearby.