Sunday, January 17, 2010

Stakeout!?

Now that I'm back at the UofM, I do in fact, take the bus to and from school. On the way there I catch the bus on Osborne and then transfer at Dakota and Bishop Grandin in order to get to the university. However, the way back is a bit trickier. I get off at St. Mary's by the mall (if I'm lucky the second bus will already be stopped waiting at the red light) then further down I have the option of getting off at Glenlawn or staying on until the stop at my street. The bus at Glenlawn brings me to the stop where I first begin (thus a shorter walk home). What's convenient, is that there is such a thing as Telebus! So I call the number and it tells me when my bus will arrive at a certain stop. What's not convenient, is that the bus that passes Glenlawn either comes right away or comes approximately 20 mins after I get there. So on those days, I neglect the option to get off at Glenlawn and instead, I get off at my street to walk the "decent" walking distance (meaning it's harsh and way too long when I endure ultra sub-zero wind-chill temperatures) to my house. Thankfully the weather has been amazing recently, so I actually loved the walk I experienced coming home from school that evening... especially since there was a potential crime busting situation awaiting to unravel!

When I reached the 1/4 mark of my journey, I saw an idling Dodge Ram with a conspicuous man leaning back in the driver's seat. I walked a little further and saw two idling cop cars about a cars length apart, each with two cops inside. I was immediately intrigued and scanned my surroundings in order to catch a glimpse of the reason why they were all waiting there (I even thought about a scenario in which I actually tapped on their window and asked what was going on). At this point I dismissed the idling truck from having anything to do with the police situation. I walked on, laughing in awe of the situation and carried on with my stroll down the street. When I passed under the bridge and came up around bend, I saw two more cop cars and another ghost cop car! I could not believe it, they had all the exits covered on my street! What if it was me they were after (I really did pretend this for a split second; I do love to act... lame but sweet to think about, I know)!? There was a man who looked concerned on his cellphone and beside him was a woman. One of the undercover cops was standing there as well as if he was supervising. When I walked by I heard the man ask, if "she" (he was on the cell still) had the right to contact her lawyer. Was he talking of the woman beside him!? Was I walking beside a dangerous felon or was she just someone who skipped her court date?! I will never know...

Anyways, after passing those three police vehicles, there was yet again another idling Dodge RAM! The guy was leaning back in the front seat just like in the previous Dodge. Unreal. This must have been significant!

When I walked past the same area the next day I could not help but look around to see if there was any progress on the sitch (situation, if you forgot). All I saw was just a guy clearing out his garage; although, why were all his lights on in his house!? Hmmm... I think it's time for some covertness.

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