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Case #5 - Re The People vs Dan Yamamoto (…or, why is it you never see Dan Yamamoto and Elmer Fudd in the same place at the same time?)

  Case #5 - Re The People vs Dan Yamamoto (…or, why is it you never see Dan Yamamoto and Elmer Fudd in the same place at the same time?) 

     There was a robbery that just occurred.  The suspects were tracked to the Motel 6 at Sepulveda Bl and Vermont Av., and by coincidence, to room 211 in that motel.  Units converged and a containment was set up.  The two suspects left their room and started running eastbound toward their car.   These facts are undisputed.  The rest is a little fuzzy, because several things were happening at once.  When the deputies saw the suspects heading for their car, the deputies decided to rush the suspects for two reasons;
1- to prevent the suspects from reaching their car and having the situation escalate into a vehicle pursuit and
2- to prevent the suspects from running back to their room and having the situation escalate into a barricaded suspect situation.

     Three deputies ran at the suspects from the west. “Bansai” Dan Yamamoto  drove toward the suspects from the east to block their access to their car.  Dan skidded to a stop, threw the shift lever in ‘P’, and bailed out of his car on the run!  Exciting stuff so far, huh?  Oh wait did I say “P”?  My bad.  Dan missed the “P” by just one click.  That’s “R” in my car and that stands for reverse, the last rhyme in this verse.  This resulted in the following situation.  Dan’s empty car rolling eastbound toward the suspects’ parked car.  Dan chasing his car and losing ground fast.  The suspects chasing Dan and gaining ground fast.  All the other deputies chasing the suspects and gaining ground faster.  The final result was, Dan’s car caught the suspects’ car.  The other deputies caught the suspects and poor Dan caught two days off without pay.

VERDICT – Dan Yamamoto, this Court finds you Guilty of Imitating A Cartoon Character.

SENTENCE – You are sentenced to 1 year on the Jenny Craig Diet, 1 year watching and working out to Richard Simmons tapes and 1 week of EVOC training.  Sentences to be served consecutively.

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