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November 30, 2007
All in a day's work
One of the things I like about hockey players is, for the most part, they're a pretty humorous lot. For example, take what happened to Chicago Blackhawk Tuomo Ruutu:
In what officials called an "unfortunate coincidence," Bensenville police briefly detained Ruutu, 24, because he matched the description of a suspect who reportedly robbed a nearby apartment complex at gunpoint earlier in the day, said Village Manager James Johnson.
Authorities say a man wielding a handgun entered the office of the Brentwood Apartments in Bensenville around 11:50 a.m. and demanded cash from the manager, who did not have any money, Johnson said. After finding the office safe contained no money either, witnesses said the man fled the building on foot wearing a black hat, black jacket and black pants, Johnson said.
As police searched for the suspect, who remains at large, Ruutu went for a run after the Blackhawks' practice at the Edge ice arena, less than a mile from the apartment complex. Ruutu, a 6-foot, 200-pound forward, was stopped by police while wearing his black team sweat suit and a black knit hat, Johnson said.
Now, your typical baseball player or football player would've flipped out, but not Ruutu. He took it all in good fun:
For his part, Ruutu, a native of Finland who was drafted by the Blackhawks in 2001, said he understood why police detained him and described his brief stint in the back of a squad car as "a fun incident."
"I was just in the wrong spot at the wrong time," Ruutu said Wednesday. "It happens to me all the time."
Ah, good stuff. I remember the time I was mistakenly arrested. No, just kidding. However, I would probably have a good chuckle at this, too. I know exactly the line, though, where it goes from funny story to section 1983 lawsuit: body cavity search. Who's with me?
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Posted by oz115 at November 30, 2007 12:47 AM