Crud II
When Daniel Willard Rhodes, 31, saw a police helicopter overhead, he dove into a storm drain to escape the manhunt. The Largo, Fla., man knew there was a warrant out for his arrest for violating probation and figured the cops were on to him. But as he crawled around the storm drain system, he got lost. The next day, he found a street opening and called up to a passerby, begging for rescue. The passerby called 911, bringing a full-scale response from rescue crews — including sheriff’s deputies, who had the joy of informing Rhodes that the helicopter hadn’t been looking for him, and that they don’t use choppers to search for people with small-time warrants. (St. Petersburg Times) ...This is what happens when kids who think the world revolves around them grow up.
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