AS THE WOMAN TURNED OUT THE KITCHEN LIGHT LATE ONE EVEINING, SHE NOTICED THE GARDEN SHED LIGHT WAS ON. WHEN SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND ABOUT THE SHED LIGHT,
HE SAID HE HADN'T BEEN TO THE SHED ALL DAY.
HE LOOKED OUT THE BEDROOM WINDOW.
HE SAW PEOPLE IN THE SHED.
THE MAN CALLED POLICE. THEY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NO ONE IN HIS AREA. THERE WERE NO OFFICERS AVAILABLE TO CATCH HIS BURGLARS. HE THOUGHT
A FEW SECONDS, SAID "OK" AND HUNG UP.
HE WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
HE CALLED POLICE AGAIN.
"HELLO? I JUST CALLED YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO BECAUSE THERE ARE BURGLARS IN MY SHED."
THE DISPATCHER REMEMBERED HIS CALL.
HE SAID, "WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THE BURGLARS NOW.
I JUST SHOT THEM ALL."
WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, THERE WERE HALF A DOZEN POLICE CARS IN THE AREA. AN ARMED RESPONSE UNIT SHOWED UP IN FULL RIOT GEAR. OF COURSE, THEY CAUGHT THE BURGLARS RED-HANDED.