People Who Told Incredible Legal Excuses That Ended Up Being Absolutely True

Anyone who has gotten pulled over for speeding knows the rush of adrenaline you feel when you first hear the police car’s sirens behind you and sometimes that feeling can cause people to lie through their teeth to get out of a pricey ticket.

But these people were different in that the stories they told police officers ended up being the complete and total truth, even if the cops didn’t want to believe them.

No ID, No Admission

I used to work as a military police officer. I was working at the main gate one night and this guy tried to come on base but he didn’t have any ID other than a drivers license so I couldn’t let him on.

The guy told me that a general said he could come on but he didn’t have any proof of that and he didn’t know what the general’s name was.

It was also super late at night and he didn’t seem to have any answers that would help us identify who he was. Long story short, the dude ended up being legit and was coming on base to be awarded a silver star the next day from that general.

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My First Ever Call

My first ever real call was for a flasher at the local park. When I got there and finally found him it was a mentally impaired young man 16-17 who had a pair of headphones on. I said, “Hey man come here what the heck is going on?

You know you have to keep your pants on especially at the park.”

He goes on to tell me he had bad itching down his pants and couldn’t take it anymore so he had to rip his pants off and was running home to get help.

I said, “C’mon you couldn’t make it home first?”

He said, “No, I had ants in my pants.” As sure as you please according to more then one witness’s account, he had been sitting in a sandbox playing at the park and accidentally sat on a nest of red ants that had crawled up his pant legs. Again: this was my first ever call.

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Because He Could

One of the funnier ones that I remember. We got a call for a kid (he was 18 and a gang member) brandishing a firearm. He had pulled up his shirt pretending to brandish a firearm to intimidate somebody. The person calling only saw a holster.

After we got there, he kept telling us it wasn’t a gun but an adult toy. We took him down at gunpoint and he was right. He was walking around with a holstered *ahem* marital aid. Why? Because he could.

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Very Common Name

Not a cop but I have a very common name and got pulled over for driving across the medium and there was a warrant out for me for battery and assault or something

As it turns out, a guy with the exact same name and birthday born in the same city as me and it took me about 20 mins if pleading to get the officers to realize I did not match the description.

I deal with this dude every once in a while as it turns out our socials are off by one digit. If I ever see him we are going to have a long talk.

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