The online Hartford Courant published a wacky news item that at first I thought had to be part of an April Fool’s edition:
Keney Park Bust Nets 35 Summonses, 4 Pounds Of Pot
12:01 p.m. EST, November 3, 2009
HARTFORD — – Halloween night, officers with the Hartford police northeast conditions unit shagged trespassers at Keney Park. They issued 35 summons to people or being in the park after it was closed.
In the process, they seized 4.1 pounds of marijuana that had been stashed in places on the cricket field at the park, said Sgt. Christene Mertes, a police spokeswoman. The marijuana was hidden and would be retrieved by sellers for people buying it, Mertes said.
“We do get a lot of complaints about that area,” Mertes said, referring to the Tower Avenue/Barbour Street side of the park. “It’s a big area to patrol. They went in and hit it.”
— David Owens
For fun, count the typos. For extra fun, think about how it is possible that someone might have never heard of the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.