DUMB CRIMINAL
Although not a dumb criminal story, I thought I would share this call with you from overthe holiday weekend. Sergeant John Kornmann reported a rather unusual call that came in last weekend in which our officers were dispatched to Ritter Farm Park to aid a woman who was being followed by a flock of sheep. On arrival, the woman advised the officers that the sheep had gone away. Other hikers in the park came up and explained to the officers that they had scared the sheep back around the fence bordering the park and into their home pasture.

The officers were able to locate the owner of the errant flock of sheep a short while laterto advise him of the flock’s wandering ways. When the owner was told that his sheep were in the park, he refused to believe his sheep were out of his pasture and had wandered into the park. He indicated that he was sure that woman had mistakenly entered his pasture, thinking that she was still in the park. The officers, faced with the conflicting stories, investigated further and were able to verify that the sheep were in the park as the little flock had apparently left unmistakable evidence (sheep droppings) of their presence in the park. All in a day’s work for a patrol officer.