Police Mistake Sculptures for Dead Bodies
Wed Jul 7, 7:33 AM ET
By The Associated Press
JOSEPH, Ore. - Dannie Eaves got busted for hauling some busts. Eaves, an employee at Joseph Bronze in Joseph, Ore., had six busts in his pickup truck Wednesday when several motorists mistook the Nebraska-bound sculptures for dead bodies and called the police.
"I was going down the freeway and a sheriff pulled up behind me," Eaves said of last Wednesday's incident.
Eaves was asked to step to the back of the truck.
The officers found a life-sized sculpture of a firefighter in the truck bed. Three shoulder-sized busts of former governors were in the truck's cab, a fourth was placed on the floor boards and a fifth was with the firefighter sculpture.
"I explained to him they were statues," Eaves said. "We all had a good laugh. I bet they were really relieved."
The rest of the trip to Evanston, Wyo., about 650 miles from Joseph, Ore., was uneventful, Eaves said. The sculptures were relayed by another person with a canopied truck the rest of the way to Nebraska.
Wed Jul 7, 7:33 AM ET
By The Associated Press
JOSEPH, Ore. - Dannie Eaves got busted for hauling some busts. Eaves, an employee at Joseph Bronze in Joseph, Ore., had six busts in his pickup truck Wednesday when several motorists mistook the Nebraska-bound sculptures for dead bodies and called the police.
"I was going down the freeway and a sheriff pulled up behind me," Eaves said of last Wednesday's incident.
Eaves was asked to step to the back of the truck.
The officers found a life-sized sculpture of a firefighter in the truck bed. Three shoulder-sized busts of former governors were in the truck's cab, a fourth was placed on the floor boards and a fifth was with the firefighter sculpture.
"I explained to him they were statues," Eaves said. "We all had a good laugh. I bet they were really relieved."
The rest of the trip to Evanston, Wyo., about 650 miles from Joseph, Ore., was uneventful, Eaves said. The sculptures were relayed by another person with a canopied truck the rest of the way to Nebraska.
thats hilarious!!!! at least the cops did their jobs and checked tho
