So if they didn't get caught, the mayor wouldn't know anything had happened, and if they did get caught, they might end up framing the mayor for it! Devious. Let me take a moment to admire the depth of that scheme... okay, now I can go back to disliking them for doing it anyway. On 8/8/08, Daniel W. Johnson <panoptes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 11:39 -0700 2008-08-01, Joseph Pate wrote: >>Yes, that was my take from the article too -- they intercepted the package >>and delivered it themselves to see if they could catch anyone involved > > Some of the recent news reports mention that they've finally made two > arrests, neither of whom is part of the mayor's household. > > Apparently, there was a FedEx deliveryman involved, along with > someone who planned to snag a package from the porch before the > addressee saw it. > > http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/maryland.mayor/ > -- > Daniel W. Johnson > panoptes@xxxxxxxxxx > http://members.iquest.net/~panoptes/ > 039 53 36 N / 086 11 55 W > _______________________________________________ > Something mailing list > Something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/something > -- ~nupanick (or other appropriate name) =================== Guvf VF zl jvggl fvtangher.