There's nothing in my trunk officer!

It was after midnight when an officer driving down the road noticed the car behind him was flashing its lights on and off. He pulled over to see what the driver behind him needed, and was greeted by the driver as he pulled up beside him. "Excuse me, officer," said a man through the window of the car.

"Hello, can I help you with something?" asked the officer.

"No," said the nervous man inside the old Buick, "I just wanted to let you know that this isn't my car and I'm only driving home."

The confused officer said "Um, okay, well what are you up to then?"

The driver started looking around like he was thinking and then answered, "I'm just out driving; I'm not doing anything wrong."

At this point the officer was starting to get curious. "Do you have a license and insurance on the car?" he asked.

"Well no, I'm revoked, but I'm only driving it home for a friend," said the driver. Now he had the attention of the officer, who asked the driver if he would step out of the car.

The driver, who was now acting very fidgety, stepped out and then blurted to the officer, "There is nothing illegal in the trunk."

The officer, who was not planning to look in the trunk until now, said, "Well okay, do you mind if I take a look in the trunk then?" The driver reminded the officer that this was not his car, but said he could look.

He opened the trunk to reveal a bag of marijuana, a small bag that contained a white powder (methamphetamine), some needles, pipes, and other drug paraphernalia laying right on top of the spare tire.

"What's all this?" the officer asked the driver.

"I have no idea" he replied. He appeared to be completely amazed that there were drugs in his trunk.

The officer then asked the next obvious question of who the items belonged to. The driver, who was starting to sweat profusely and was also breathing very fast, said they belonged to his friend. When asked, he could not remember the name of the friend and was starting to have trouble remembering where this friend lived.

Of course, this is perfectly normal. Doesn't everyone forget the names of their friends they borrow cars from? The officer placed the driver in handcuffs and told him he was under arrest.

The driver was very confused as to why he was in trouble and told the officer he should find something better to do than pick on people. "Hey, you stopped me," he told the newest member of the county jail. The man lowered his head and said "Yeah, I guess I did."

When I read the report the officer had written, I couldn't help but laugh. It's not every day the suspect pulls the cop over and gives himself up. Wouldn't it be nice if all crime was this easy to solve?

We all know this is not something that happens often, so we will continue to work hard and use every resource we can to solve the crimes people commit in our county.

But maybe every now and then, we will have a helpful law breaker who helps us solve his crime.