Police responded to a report of a man trying to break into a house in Bloomington, Illinois last weekend. It was determined that 21-year-old Christopher Kunder was trying to get into his own house to surprise his mother who didn't know he was on leave from military service in Afghanistan. The problem was that his mother was not home.
When Sternickle arrived, Officer Martin led her to the police car to identify the "suspect" in the back seat. A joyful reunion followed. http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=5426
(Image credit: Officer Fred Martin/Bloomington Police)
“Hey!” said Christopher, “could you call my mom, tell her there’s an emergency and she needs to come home immediately?”
Officer Martin said, no, he couldn’t do that.
He is a police officer, after all.
Instead, he asked for Christopher’s mom’s phone number and called with nothing but the truth.
“Mrs. Martha Sternickle?”
“Uh, huh.”
“This is Officer Martin of Bloomington Police. We’ve had a report of somebody trying to enter your home. It was unsuccessful but you might want to come home to make sure there’s no problem.”
When Sternickle arrived, Officer Martin led her to the police car to identify the "suspect" in the back seat. A joyful reunion followed. http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=5426
(Image credit: Officer Fred Martin/Bloomington Police)
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Yay! Would love to see a video/picture of the mom seeing her son for the first time. I live south of Bloomington and it's kind of neat to see a local story on here :)
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I call shenanigans. A police story without someone being Tasered. Couldn't happen.
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sweet ;)
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:~)
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What a great story.
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