Some local residents found themselves incarcerated on Feb. 25, — yes, locked up in jail — in the Keystone Kops Klink that is, set up at the American Legion Post Home in Caribou.
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“I still love you, even if you had me arrested.” Francis Whited, right, proved that mothers never hold a grudge against their children, as she and her daughter, Carol McElwee, the Keystone Kop who had her arrested, share a special moment and a laugh.
According to Carol McElwee, Caribou Kiwanis member, “We didn’t have the high number of warrants for arrest that we’ve had in the past, we still made our rounds, picking up a good number of citizens cited for “arrest” and as always, we had a great time.”
As the Keystone Kops made their way, with whistles blowing, into local municipal and business locations Caribou citizens were whisked away from their desks and found themselves pleading their case before a not so on the up-and-up “judge.”
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Its all fun and games until somebody — or everybody — goes to jail. These Keystone Kops, members of the Caribou Kiwanis Club found themselves in their own Klink during the popular Keystone Kops Day.
Regardless of the reason for arrest or just how innocent victims believed themselves to be or how much they contributed to the, “judge’s fishing fund,” they still spent time behind bars and had their mug shot taken for the records — then were offered coffee and pastries to help their jail time be a bit more tolerable.
All proceeds from the annual Keystone Kops Day, sponsored by the Caribou Kiwanis Club, go to local charity projects.
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Keystone Kop “Judge” Dean Rauch, had little sympathy for the arrested citizens who appeared before him during the Feb. 25 Keystone Kop Day, sponsored by the Caribou Kiwanis Club.
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Cheryl Ames, center, was pulled from her desk at the Caribou Public Works, by Keystone Kops Carol McElwee and Mike Tardiff. Ames’ arrest warrant stated she was guilty of always eating at her desk.
Gerald Soucy, crew chief at DOT stands between Keystone Kop Mike Tardiff, left and Bill Thomas, who reads his warrant of arrest before Keystone Kop Judge Bill Connolly.
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Caribou Police Chief Mike Gahagan found himself on the wrong side of the bars during the Keystone Kops Day sponsored by the Caribou Kiwanis Club.
If your coffee from Tim Hortons’ in Caribou was cold or a bit delayed on Feb. 25, it might have been the result of the manager, Chad Saunders, being in jail — the Kiwanis Keystone Kops jail that is. “Friendly co-workers” had him locked up.
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Rocky Levesque didn’t try to fight his Keystone Kop warrant of arrest, figuring that pleading innocent wasn’t going to do him much good anyway.
