A brief bit of excitement

[seamusTX]

I was working in the yard Sunday afternoon, and my wife and son were on the front porch.

I should mention that our house is on a corner on an arterial street.

Literally every police car owned by the Galveston PD came down the street with lights and sirens going. One stopped in the middle of the intersection by our house. One went left, one went right, and the rest kept going.

The officer in front of our house told us to go indoors because "we don't know if he has a gun." We complied.

A few minutes later the police left and quiet returned.

I didn't find out what happened until this morning. Police had tried to stop a car half a mile from our house. The driver fled down a residential street and crashed a block from our house. The driver, a 26-year-old woman, fled on foot, leaving two children and eight ounces of marijuana in the car. She was caught in the neighborhood a few minutes later.

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.

- Jim

[flintknapper]

I was working in the yard Sunday afternoon, and my wife and son were on the front porch.

I should mention that our house is on a corner on an arterial street.

Literally every police car owned by the Galveston PD came down the street with lights and sirens going. One stopped in the middle of the intersection by our house. One went left, one went right, and the rest kept going.

The officer in front of our house told us to go indoors because "we don't know if he has a gun." We complied.

A few minutes later the police left and quiet returned.

I didn't find out what happened until this morning. Police had tried to stop a car half a mile from our house. The driver fled down a residential street and crashed a block from our house. The driver, a 26-year-old woman, fled on foot, leaving two children and eight ounces of marijuana in the car. She was caught in the neighborhood a few minutes later.

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.

- Jim

Whoa!

Thanks for sharing that, and for the reminder that its possible for "trouble" to find us, even in areas where we normally feel secure.

[seamusTX]

... its possible for "trouble" to find us, even in areas where we normally feel secure.

That is the take-away lesson for me. Your quiet yard can become a crime scene in a heartbeat.

- Jim

[308nato]

Not wanting to sound like the old grouch but she crashed her car and then
fled leaving her small children in the car not caring if they could be hurt,
I think she deserves every thing the law can throw at her.

[seamusTX]

Possession with intent to distribute and child endangerment, losing her kids, and her no-doubt gangster boyfriend is going be a tad upset.

- Jim

[ttorion]

I didn't know Britney was anywhere near Galveston!

[Keith B]

I didn't know Britney was anywhere near Galveston!

Good one ttorion!

[fm2]

Possession with intent to distribute and child endangerment, losing her kids, and her no-doubt gangster boyfriend is going be a tad upset.

- Jim

Yep, he'll have to find another worker.

[stevie_d_64]

Jim,

Was all that near that cross street to Bahama just off 146???

[seamusTX]

Was all that near that cross street to Bahama just off 146???

The crash occurred at 32nd and Avenue O 1/2 in the city of Galveston, which is where I live.

- Jim

[stevie_d_64]

Was all that near that cross street to Bahama just off 146???

The crash occurred at 32nd and Avenue O 1/2 in the city of Galveston, which is where I live.

- Jim

Ahhh, nevermind, I had a brain "off-gassing" thinking you lived up in Seabrook...Muh bad...

I dunno why I thought that...

[dukalmighty]

What was she thinking she left the marijuana behind,and she calls herself a responsible dope dealer