Binky #4: Binky Gets Arrested

I had been out of town for a week and boy did I missed a lot. Some friends filled me in.

It seems that judge just got madder and madder at Binky. He was upset about all the pigeons that Binky fed. Binky spent every day on the courthouse lawn feeding the pigeons.

The week before that judge had installed a 20-foot statue of himself on the courthouse lawn right where Binky’s bench had been before that judge had it removed. The pigeons liked the statue and were sitting on it doing what pigeons do on statues.

That judge had put up the statue of himself using money from his Special Slush Fund and he didn’t like the pigeons sitting on the statue. He was even madder that Binky was getting all the positive attention and people were ignoring him. So that judge hatched a plan to get rid of Binky. Once Binky was gone he could get rid of the pigeons too.

So that judge filed warrants to have Binky arrested for vagrancy, loitering, unlawfully allowing pets to desecrate the sacred character of public property, and creating a public nuisance.

The warrants were sent over to the Chardon Police Department.  By chance it was Officer Dalton who is on duty. He would have to arrest Binky. He took the warrants, read them shook his head in disbelief. Now, if you have read earlier episodes of Binky’s Bench you know that Officer Dalton was the policeman who that Judge yelled at (or had sung to depending on whose version you believe) back in July.

Officer Dalton drove over to the Chardon Square and parked his cruiser. He walked over to where Binky was standing.  Binky knew the officer and greeted him warmly and handed him some feed for the pigeons. Officer Dalton scattered some feed. The pigeons gathered around him and began to eat.

Officer Dalton showed Binky the arrest warrants. Binky read the papers. He said I didn’t mean to do bad things.

“Don’t worry Binky,” said officer Dalton. “Everything will be all right.  People all over Chardon like you and will help you.”

“Now you’ll have to come with me,” said Officer Dalton.

“Do I get to ride in the police car, “asked Binky. “Can I ride up front with you?”

Officer Dalton hesitated. He knew that this wasn’t what he should do. He knew Binky should really ride in the back. Then the bad memory of that encounter back in July came back to him.

Officer Dalton opened the front door of the cruiser. Binky and the officer got into the car.

When Binky got in the squad car his eyes became wide. “Wow, there’s a lot of radios and cool radar stuff in here. Can I blow the siren please?”

Officer Dalton hesitated for a moment then chuckled to himself and said, “Ok Binky hold on for a minute.” He drove the cruiser around the square and parked directly in front of the courthouse annex where that judge worked. “Ok Binky,” Officer Dalton said, “Go ahead.” Binky flipped the switch and the siren began to wail. Binky loved it.  Officer Dalton let him blow the siren for at least a minute. When Officer Dalton was just about ready to shut the siren off that judge opened a window, stuck his head out and started yelling at the police car. “I wonder if he’s yelling or practicing his singing for choir practice now,” said Officer Dalton.  Officer Dalton turned off the siren and drove to the police station.

Next Time: Case Dismissed!

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