The Moral of the story is this: Don't go out of your way to attract attention to yourself, and hand Probable Cause to LEO's, like a box of doughnuts fresh from the fryer.
INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
DATE OF ARREST: 07/08/2007
CASE REPORT: 07-0104431
INCIDENT: 584 PUBLIC INTOXICATION
LOCATION: E 62ND ST/N COLLEGE AV
AREA: MND BEAT: ND52
OCCURRED: 07/08/2007 03:26 TO 07/08/2007 04:00
ARRESTS: 1
INJURED: 0
DEAD: 0
VEHICLES TOWED: 0
SUBJECTS: 1
SUBJECT’S OUTCOME: ARRESTED
SUBJECT'S NAME: XXXXX, JAMES A
RACE: WHITE
SEX: MALE
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/22/1982
AGE: 25
ADDRESS: XXXX BENT OAK DR
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46236
HOME PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
CHARGE: 07.1-0005-0001-0003 PUBLIC INTOXICATION/MB
NARRATIVE:
ON 07/08/07, AT APPROXIMATELY 0326 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN THE 6100 BLOCK OF N. COLLEGE AVE. IN MY FULLY MARKED IMPD POLICE VEHICLE AND IN FULL UNIFORM. I HAD MY WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. I HEARD A MALE VOICE CALLING FOR A PIG; HE WAS SHOUTING, "SUEY! PIGGY! PIGGY!" I LOOKED OVER AND OBSERVED THREE WHITE MALES WALKING SOUTHBOUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF N. COLLEGE AVE. ONE OF THE WHITE MALES THAT WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS AND A LIGHT COLORED BUTTONED UP SHIRT LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ME WITH RED GLASSY BLOODSHOT EYES AND SHOUTED, "SUEY!, PIGGY!, PIGGY!" I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MAN HAD LOST HIS PIG AND THAT IT MIGHT BE ROAMING AROUND IN THE BROAD RIPPLE AREA, SO I DECIDED TO STOP AND RENDER AID, AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DEVASTATING THE LOSS OF PET CAN BE. I IDENTIFIED THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT FROM AN INDIANA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS JAMES ADAM XXXXX. WHILE I WAS SPEAKING WITH MR. XXXXX ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE LOST PIG; I SMELLED A STRONG ODOR COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON HIS BREATH AND PERSON. HIS SPEECH WAS ALSO SLIGHTLY SLURRED. I SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED MR. XXXXX UNDER ARREST FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. A MARION COUNTY JAIL WAGON TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE APC. I SEARCHED THE ENTIRE BROAD RIPPLE AREA AND UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY LOST PIGS. NEITHER HAD ANY FARMERS IN THE AREA REPORTED ANY LOST OR MISSING SWINE. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/loopy.gif" alt="" />