It was all a matter of semantics

By Doug Page | Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 02:13 PM

Englewood police got an early morning call about a gentleman wandering on South Main Street at I-70.

They found the fellow acting “in a manner similar to a highly intoxicated person” and giving off a strong odor of alcohol. He was holding a blank piece of cardboard torn from a Budweiser beer carton.

When approached, he held out his hands to be cuffed, telling the officers, “You got me. You got me.” Given his impaired state, the officers transported him to the county lockup for disorderly conduct.

En route to the lockup, he asked what he was charged with. When told being drunk in public, he responded, “I was drunk in private.”

Because there was only one of him, I guess you can’t argue with his beer-fueled logic.

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