Sorta Kinda News Scoop
(w/ uneventful update!)

Today I walked out of my apartment and my street was flooded with kids. The local school was being evacuated...

I turn the corner and I see lots of news vans and cops. I figured there was some terrorism-type action happening...

The cameras seemed to be pointed at this one coffee cafe place that I go to sometimes....

This place...

Helicopters were circling...

A crowd was gathering...

Cops were all over the place for blocks...

News people waited and chatted...

A fire truck stopped by...

And the camera guys hung out and smoked cigarettes...

And!!! AND THEN!!!! And then...and that's sort of it... Sorry...

Kinda a let-down ending totally I know! For me too!

I spoke to one of the camera guys and got the scoop on the hubbub though...

This morning, in that cafe someone called the cops saying they thought this guy named Peter Braunstein (accused of dressing as a fireman on Halloween, setting small fires in an apartment building, and getting into someone's apartment as a fireman and sexually assaulting a woman. Some info here) was in the cafe. And there was apparently a report of some sort of scuffle.

That's sort of all the info that was out. And it caused the commotion. I waited around for like 20 minutes and nothing seemed to be going on beyond the standing around. I thought it would be cool to click a picture of the cops dragging out this scummer so I waited and waited. But then I started hearing mumblings about how cops are 'sweeping the neighborhood' and Roscoe was getting antsy... so I headed home.

Sorry for the non-scoopage. But that's what's happened today for happening...

****Now there's MORE not that excitingness!

I walked out of my apt again today to check things out because the helicopters seemed to have multiplied.
And I saw this hubbabubba situation:

So I walked up and saw everyone was talking to this guy. It was coolio getting in with the press people.
Apparently he owns the coffee place or whatever and recognized the guy. I couldn't hear what he was saying tho...

Now I want this scummer fake fireman caught totally of course- but with the helicopters, lots of cops, national media etc.
it just seemed like this story was getting an extra ton of attention. I wonder why the press is out in droves... over other stories...

Anyway, they're combing the area looking for this guy! I stopped in some local place for a sandwich
(the only restaurant that lets dogs inside! very coolio) and they've dropped flyers off everywhere...

STAY TUNED! News story here!

ok bye!

tOdd

PS: Oh! I found this sad sign on a newspaper box on the way home. Don't know why it reads so heartbreakingly and stuff. So I figured... why not share?!

:-(