Cops and Courts

Dispatchers on the police scanner Sunday said a woman had been living at the Super Wal-Mart store on Mullan Road for three days.

It seems plausible. After all, the colossal box store is open 24/7, and it’s big enough that you could circumnavigate the building for about 72 hours without being noticed.

I checked in with police the next day, and they said the woman’s car had broken down near the store several days earlier. She had been “waiting” there for a ride ever since. The officers didn’t even take down a police report because she was essentially just loitering, but the Wal-Mart brass wanted her removed.

“She was not charged with anything,” said Missoula Police Sgt. Bob Bouchee. “She wasn’t there shopping, she was just using the business as a place to hang out for an apparent ride that was on its way.”

Anyway, if you’re hunting for any cheap vacation packages I hear the deli samples are out of sight.

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