vutch
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I was just talking with my dad on the phone (I'm up at college), and I guess they had a bit of excitement back home. We live in a rural area, and most of the land around us is either farm fields or woods (lots of it swampy). Anyway, this afternoon my dad was heading to town and on the way he met about seven sheriff's cars heading in the direction of our place (we live a few miles from a small town on a county highway). So he headed towards home to see what was up. When he got there, there was a cop car sitting in front of the neighbors, one in front of our house, and a bunch lined up down the dead-end lane that is across the highway between ours and our neighbor's places. Also, some were out in the field across the road. Once he made sure that my brother and sister (who were home alone) had the place locked up, he went out and talked to the sheriff.
Apparently, a couple of guys from Green Bay (about 50 miles south of us) were involved in drugs and had a warrant out on them. A cop recognized the vehicle and chased them towards our place from the southwest, and the rest that my dad had met came from the northeast to head off the guys, and they just happened to meet in front of our house. The guys turned down the dead-end, and once they realized their mistake, tried to turn around and head back to the highway (pretty stupid with the entire Marinette County sheriff's dept. coming at you from all sides). Obviously, they didn't make it, and the cops got the one down on the ground and cuffed, but somehow the other ran into the swamp that is on the corner of the highway and the dead-end.
Now this is just a little patch of woods in the corner of a field, maybe covering an acre. You'd think that they could find the guy, with all the manpower (and dogpower) they brought out. But somehow that SOB weasled out of there, and dangit if they couldn't find 'em. They searched that whole patch from bottom to top, as well as our pole building and woods across the highway, and even the dogs couldn't find him.
But the scary part is that it eventually got dark, and the sheriff just said that apparently the guy had headed the other way and they couldn't do anything more except provide increased patrols. Now I suppose he's right, but I sure wouldn't want to be my dad at home tonight trying to assure my mom and my sister that they aren't in danger even though a fugitive who may be armed and dangerous is running around somewhere (though it wouldn't surprise me if he's spending the night in some farmer's haymow)! Sorry for the ridiculously long post, but I guess we need to be reminded once in a while that the country isn't always so quiet!
Chris
Apparently, a couple of guys from Green Bay (about 50 miles south of us) were involved in drugs and had a warrant out on them. A cop recognized the vehicle and chased them towards our place from the southwest, and the rest that my dad had met came from the northeast to head off the guys, and they just happened to meet in front of our house. The guys turned down the dead-end, and once they realized their mistake, tried to turn around and head back to the highway (pretty stupid with the entire Marinette County sheriff's dept. coming at you from all sides). Obviously, they didn't make it, and the cops got the one down on the ground and cuffed, but somehow the other ran into the swamp that is on the corner of the highway and the dead-end.
Now this is just a little patch of woods in the corner of a field, maybe covering an acre. You'd think that they could find the guy, with all the manpower (and dogpower) they brought out. But somehow that SOB weasled out of there, and dangit if they couldn't find 'em. They searched that whole patch from bottom to top, as well as our pole building and woods across the highway, and even the dogs couldn't find him.
But the scary part is that it eventually got dark, and the sheriff just said that apparently the guy had headed the other way and they couldn't do anything more except provide increased patrols. Now I suppose he's right, but I sure wouldn't want to be my dad at home tonight trying to assure my mom and my sister that they aren't in danger even though a fugitive who may be armed and dangerous is running around somewhere (though it wouldn't surprise me if he's spending the night in some farmer's haymow)! Sorry for the ridiculously long post, but I guess we need to be reminded once in a while that the country isn't always so quiet!
Chris
