There is a full-scale manhunt going on right now for a murder suspect last spotted in the near west side neighborhood of Madison. The suspect was last spotted in the Hoyt Park area earlier Tuesday morning. It's a location which includes Quarry Park. Our house is nearby.
For details: http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/breaking_news/451725 As I was walking home from work this afternoon I noticed a police car stationed at the intersection of the street leading to the back door of our house only sixty feet away. I decided to say hello to the officer and ask him if he had heard anything new. Bad mistake. After stating that he had no new information I proceeded to walk home. The officer wouldn't let me pass his car. I told the officer that my house and my wife are only sixty feet away, and I would like to make sure she was ok...that we're ok together. The officer suggested I go to a nearby gas station and call my wife from there. I'm sure the officer was simply following orders. I pondered the officer's orders for a nanosecond. What was clear to me was that any civic sense of obeying the officer's request had immediately gone down the toilet the second he suggested I call my wife from a gas station. I discretely walked around the block from the opposite direction and snuck home, ironically through the front door. Darlene and I are fine. So are our two cats, which BTW want to go outside. I suspect if we were to go outside, get into the car and head out for a spot of high-living dinning the police would not let us back into our neighborhood. Guess we'll lie low for a while. I suspect things may get dicey tonight when the sun finally goes down. If I was being hunted like a rabid dog I certainly would hide out in the bushes till dark. Complicating matters, it's my understanding the suspect is familiar with the neighborhood since he grew up here. We will lock our doors tonight and keep the lights on. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
